Cardinal De Richelieu
» Commitment » “Carry on any enterprise as if all future success depended on it.”
» Deception » “To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.”
» Honesty » “If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.”
» Judgment and Judges » “Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.”
» Secrets » “Secrecy is the first essential in affairs of the State.”
