To Know How To Disguise

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

War Is One Of The Scourges With Which It Has Pleased God To Afflict Men.

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

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

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