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THE MEMOIRS OF CARDINAL DE RETZ

By Cardinal de Retz

Louis XIII.

Anne of Austria

Cardinal Richelieu

Always judged of actions by men, andnever men by their actionsAlways to sacrifice the little affairsto the greaterArms which are not tempered by lawsquickly become anarchyAssociating patience with activityAssurrance often supplies the room ofgood senseBlindness that make authority toconsist only in forceBounty, which, though very oftensecret, had the louder echoBuckingham had been in love with threeQueensBy the means of a hundred pistolesdown, and vast promisesCivil war as not powerful enough toconclude a peaceCivil war is one of those complicateddiseasesClergy always great examples of slavishservitudeConfounded the most weighty with themost triflingContempt—the most dangerous disease ofany StateDangerous to refuse presents from one'ssuperiorsDistinguished between bad and worse,good and betterFading flowers, which are fragrantto-day and offensive tomorrowFalse glory and false modestyFool in adversity and a knave inprosperityFools yield only when they cannot helpitGood news should be employed inproviding against badHe weighed everything, but fixed onnothingHe knew how to put a good gloss uponhis failingsHe had not a long view of what wasbeyond his reachHelp to blind the rest of mankind, andthey even become blinderHis ideas were infinitely above hiscapacityHis wit was far inferior to his courageImpossible for her to live withoutbeing in love with somebodyInconvenience of popularityInsinuation is of more service thanthat of persuasionIs there a greater in the world thanheading a party?Kinds of fear only to be removed byhigher degrees of terrorLaws without the protection of armssink into contemptMan that supposed everybody had a backdoorMaxims showed not great regard forvirtueMazarin: embezzling some nine millionsof the public moneyMen of irresolution are apt to catch atall overturesMore ambitious than was consistent withmoralityMy utmost to save other souls, though Itook no care of my ownNeed of caution in what we say to ourfriendsNeither capable of governing nor beinggovernedNever had woman more contempt forscruples and ceremoniesNothing is so subj                        ...
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