Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

I have the consolation of leaving your kingdom in the highest degree of glory and of reputation.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

Wise judges are we of each other!