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I Have The Consolation Of Leaving Your Kingdom In The Highest Degree Of Glory And Of Reputation.

I Have Never Had Any [enemies] Other Than Those Of The State.

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

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.

If You Give Me Six Lines Written By The Hand Of The Most Honest Of Men, I Will Find Something In Them Which Will Hang Him.