France needs nothing so much to promote her regeneration as good mothers.
Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.