I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.
Never write a letter and never destroy one.
Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.
Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.
We may employ artifice to deceive a rival, anything against our enemies.
Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.