Those who appear the most sanctified are the worst

There is nothing about which I am more anxious than my country, and for its sake I am willing to die ten deaths, if that be possible.

The use of sea and air is common to all; neither can a title to the ocean belong to any people or private persons, forasmuch as neither nature nor public use and custom permit any possession therof.

Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

If there were two princes in Christendom who had good will and courage, it would be very easy to reconcile the religious difficulties; there is only one Jesus Christ and one faith, and all the rest is a dispute over trifles.

Chastity is the ermine of woman's soul.