Qu’on me donne six lignes écrites de la main du plus honnête homme, j’y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.
[Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.]
¶ Mirame (1641)
Other sources attribute the quote to one of Richelieu's agents.
Alt trans. "If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him."
