I make war on the living, not the dead.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

I came, I saw, God conquered.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

How absurd to try to make two men think alike on matters of religion, when I cannot make two timepieces agree.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Those who believe in ghosts always see them.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

To endeavor to domineer over conscience, is to invade the citadel of heaven.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

My cousin Francis and I are in perfect accord - he wants Milan, and so do I.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

A single friar who goes counter to all Christianity for a thousand years must be wrong.

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Remember, the prince is like a mirror exposed to the eyes of all his subjects who continually look to him as a pattern on which to model themselves, …

- Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor