If God Forbade Drinking, Would He Have

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

Bakers Of Bread Rolls And Pastry Cooks Will Not Buy Grain Before Eleven O'clock In Winter And Noon In Summer; Bakers Of Large Loaves Will Not Buy Grain Before Two O'clock. This Will Enable The People Of The Town To Obtain Their Supply First. Bakers Shall Put A Distinctive Trademark On Their Loaves, And Keep Weights And Scales In Their Shops, Under Penalty Of Having Their Licenses Removed.

One Must Believe Neither The People Of The Palace, Who Ordinarily Measure The Power Of The King By The Shape Of His Crown, Which, Being Round, Has No End, Nor Those Who, In The Excesses Of An Indiscreet Zeal, Proclaim Themselves Openly As Partisans Of Rome.

I Do Not Sleep To Let Others Sleep In The Shade Of My Waking.

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