Wise Judges Are We Of Each Other!

Who Will Be My Equal?

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

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

To Mislead A Rival, Deception Is Permissable; One May Use All Means Against His Enemies.

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.