Cruelties Should Be Committed All At Once.

Men Are Always Wicked At Bottom Unless They Are Made Good By Some Compulsion.

For This Is The Tragedy Of Man Circumstances Change, But He Does Not.

Forgiveness Proceeds From A Generous Soul.

Still, A Prince Should Make Himself Feared In Such A Way That If He Does Not Gain Love, He At Any Rate Avoids Hatred; For Fear And The Absence Of Hatred May Well Go Together, And Will Be Always Attained By One Who Abstains From Interfering With The Property Of His Citizens And Subjects Or With Their Women.

To Know Well The Nature Of The People One Must Be A Prince, And To Know Well The Nature Of Princes One Must Be Of The People.