He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.
I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.
When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
I start out by believing the worst