The King of France does not avenge the injuries done to him as Duke of Orleans.

Translated by Craufurd Tait Ramage, Beautiful Thoughts from French and Italian Authors (Liverpool: Edward Howell, 1866) p. 374. Crauford's note:—This saying was addressed to the deputies of the city of Orleans, when they approached Louis to apologise for their conduct to him before he ascended the throne. It reminds us of the saying of the Emperor Adrian, who, on the day he succeeded to the throne, meeting an old enemy, and observing his embarrassment, said: "Evasisti" "You are saved." It is also ascribed to Charles X, who is said to have used these words: "Le roi n'accepte pas les rancunes du Comte d' Artois." "The king does not remember the private grudges of the Comte d'Artois." It is also ascribed to Philippe, Comte de Bresse, afterwards Duke of Savoy, who died in 1497. He said: "Il serait honteux au duc de venger les injures faites au comte." "It would be shameful in the duke to avenge the injuries done to the count."