I Do Not Sleep To

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

We May Employ Artifice To Deceive A Rival, Anything Against Our Enemies.

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

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

Carry On Any Enterprise As If All Future Success Depended On It.