First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

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

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.

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

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