I think it better to keep a profound silence with regard to the Christian fables, which are canonized by their antiquity and the credulity of absurd and insipid people.
My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfies us both. They are to do what they please, and I am to do what I please.
The people say what they like and then I do what I like
No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.
My people must drink beer.
Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand a little hurt if thereby they avoid a greater one. If you try to hold everything, you hold nothing.
My people and I have come to an agreement which satisfied us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.