Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little.

Peace is produced by war.

To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.

One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie

The greater the risk, the sweeter the fruit.