To Know How To Disguise Is The

A Virtuous And Well-disposed Person, Like A Good Metal, The More He Is Fired, The More He Is Fined; The More He Is Opposed, The More He Is Approved: Wrongs May Well Try Him, And Touch Him, But Cannot Imprint In Him Any False Stamp.

Nothing So Upholds The Laws As The Punishment Of Persons Whose Rank Is As Great As Their Crime.

One Must Believe Neither The People Of The Palace, Who Ordinarily Measure The Power Of The King By The Shape Of His Crown, Which, Being Round, Has No End, Nor Those Who, In The Excesses Of An Indiscreet Zeal, Proclaim Themselves Openly As Partisans Of Rome.

First, All Means To Conciliate; Failing That, All Means To Crush.

To Know How To Dissemble Is The Knowledge Of Kings. [fr., Savoir Dissimuler Est Le Savoir Des Rois.]