"Members of the guilds purveying for our household must shave their beards and moustaches. But, if it happens that some of them do not wish to shave their beards and moustaches, let a yearly tax be col…"

"I am not a doctor, but I know how to cure my country."

"I have undertaken to reform my people, and I am not afraid of anyone."

"Why do you come to me? Go to the Senate; they make the laws."

"To have a strong army and navy, one must have money. To have money, one must have trade. To have trade, one must have a sea port."