Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

The stone often recoils on the head of the thrower.

I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.

Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves.

Do not tell secrets to those whose faith and silence you have not already tested.

[When opposed by leaders of her Council:] I will make you shorter by the head!

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states.