"In dangers, the king who looks on orders with his eyes."

"The king is a public person, the needs of the realm are his crown. Reigning is not an amusement but a task. A bad kin…"

"It is most unfortunate that the king should err at all: but if he must err, it is less shocking that he should do so …"

"Happy is he who is born to be a king, if, when he reigns, he shows he deserves to be one."

"You must not trust ministers who are very proud of having clean hands [...]. Thieves there are who rob with their fee…"

"There are some men who lie even when telling the truth, for they tell it with their lips whilst they lie in their hea…"

"Since I teach how to kill I may well claim to be called Galen; and if my wounds were to ride on mule back they would …"

"For every judge we sow, we gather six attorneys, two draftsmen, four notaries, five barristers, and five thousand neg…"

"From the mouth of a stone serpent there gushes a jet of water."

"Is there any devil equal to a flatterer, to an envious man, to a false friend, to an evil companion ? Well, the poor …"