"An nescis, mi filli, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?"
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: Do you know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled? [To a Portuguese monk who sympathised with the Pope's burden of office]
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Axel Oxenstierna
Axel Gustafsson Oxenstierna (16 June 1583 – 28 August 1654) was a Swedish statesman and Count of Södermöre. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1609 and served as Lord High Chancellor of Sweden from 1612 until his death. He was a confidant of King Gustavus Adolphus and then Queen Christina, for whom he was at first regent.
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