The way of the Lord is a shelter for the upright,
but calamity to the doers (perpetrators) of iniquity.
Proverbs 10:29 as quoted in
Willem’s Warning (September 1, 1568)
One salmon was worth ten thousand frogs.
—Alva to French Queen Mother
The greater the sensation, the greater will be the benefit to be derived from it.
—Alva to King Philip