When he wills, the devil does all things well.
Le Doyen de Badajoz. (Ed. 1818, Vol. III., p. 266).
Suppose we had no judges in Berlin.
Translation: These wretched kings,
Of whom all men speak ill, have oft some good in them.
To die in Paris costs a pretty penny.
Translation: Princes' sports are these:
A mill they'll spare: a province they will seize.
