A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Your virtue raises your glory above your crime.
One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie
What destroys one man preserves another.
When a woman has the gift of silence she possesses a quality above the vulgar. It is a gift of Heaven seldom bestowed; without a little miracle it cannot be accomplished; and Nature suffers violence when Heaven puts a woman in the humor of observing silence.
Rome, if you do not wish me to betray you, make enemies that I can hate!