It is in the midst of disasters that bold men grow bolder. Henry IV More Quotes by Henry IV More Quotes From Henry IV I would willingly give fifty thousand crowns to be able to say that I took Paris without costing the life of one single man. Henry IV man single paris life Paris must not be a cemetery. I do not wish to reign over the dead. Henry IV dead over paris wish I want there to be no peasant in my kingdom so poor that he cannot have a chicken in his pot every Sunday. Henry IV chicken sunday poor want I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends. Henry IV enemies than rather friends Religion is not changed as easily as a shirt. Henry IV easily shirt changed religion