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.

Wise judges are we of each other!

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.

To mislead a rival, deception is permissable; one may use all means against his enemies.

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