Who Will Be My Equal?

Nothing Is As Dangerous For The State As Those Who Would Govern Kingdoms With Maxims Found In Books.

To Know How To Dissemble Is The Knowledge Of Kings. [fr., Savoir Dissimuler Est Le Savoir Des Rois.]

Deception Is The Knowledge Of Kings.

I Have Never Had Any [enemies] Other Than Those Of The State.

If You Give Me Six Lines Written By The Hand Of The Most Honest Of Men, I Will Find Something In Them Which Will Hang Him.