It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.
Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.
I serve your Beaune to my friends, but your Volnay I keep for myself.
We have a natural right to make use of our pens as of our tongue, at our peril, risk and hazard.
An admiral should be put to death now and then to encourage the others.
Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois