I cannot find it in me to fear a man who took ten years a learning of his alphabet.

Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends.

Ye may have a greater prince, but ye shall never have a more loving prince.

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.

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

I would rather go to any extreme than suffer anything that is unworthy of my reputation, or of that of my crown.

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