Charles V Quotes

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

– Charles V

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

– Charles V

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

– Charles V

I came, I saw, God conquered.

– Charles V

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

– Charles V

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

– Charles V

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

– Charles V