Quotes by Charles V

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to >>

Iron hand in a velvet glove. >>

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensel >>

Quotations about Language

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his langua >>

If English is spoken in heaven. God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his >>

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a wa >>

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men and German to my horse.

Charles V