I Do Not Sleep To Let Others

I Have The Consolation Of Leaving Your Kingdom In The Highest Degree Of Glory And Of Reputation.

Deception Is The Knowledge Of Kings.

Nothing So Upholds The Laws As The Punishment Of Persons Whose Rank Is As Great As Their Crime.

First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That, All Means To Crush.

We May Employ Artifice To Deceive A Rival, Anything Against Our Enemies.