Before All Else, Be Armed.

Princes And Governments Are Far More Dangerous Than Other Elements Within Society.

For The Great Majority Of Mankind Are Satisfied With Appearances, As Though They Were Realities, And Are Often More Influenced By The Things That Seem Than By Those That Are.

Men Are Always Averse To Enterprises In Which They Foresee Difficulties.

A Wise Ruler Ought Never To Keep Faith When By Doing So It Would Be Against His Interests.

When Every Province Of The World So Teems With Inhabitants That They Can Neither Subsist Where They Are Nor Remove Themselves Elsewhere.