Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.]

And in the years he reigned; through all the country wide, There was no cause for weeping, save when the good man died. [Fr., Ce n'est que lorsqu'il expira Que le peuple, qui l'enterra pleura.]

Flee an enemy who knows your weakness.

He who forgives readily only invites offense.

A good memory is needed after one has lied.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.