Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.
Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.
Man loves the marvelous. It has an irresistible charm for him. He is always ready to leave that with which he is familiar to pursue vain inventions. He lends himself to his own deception.