Translation 1: As many languages as you know, so many separate individuals you are worth. (Robertson)

John G. Robertson, Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements (1991), page 250: "Attributed to Charles V" | Ralph H. Orth, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson (1966), Vol. 6: 1824–1838: "Charles V ap. Brantam" | Translation 3: For every language that a man learns he multiplies his individual nature, and brings himself one step nearer to the general collective mind of Man. (Donaldson, 1839) | Dictionary of Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), page 25 | As quoted in Pierre de Brantôme, Les Vies des Hommes Illustres & grands Capitaines estrangers de son temps (1665), page 19 | Latin version: Quot linguas calles, tot homines vales. | As quoted in Arminius Vámbéry, Travels In Central Asia (1864) | Ottoman Turkish version: Su cadar dil lu cadar adanis. = Su qadar dil lu qadar âdemî. | As quoted in Ludovic Lalanne, Œuvres complètes de Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme. Tome Premier (1864), pp. 33-34