Human Beings Remain Constant In Their Methods

Good Order And Discipline In Any Army Are To Be Depended Upon More Than Courage Alone.

There Should Be Many Judges, For Few Will Always Do The Will Of Few.

A Prince Must Be Prudent Enough To Know How To Escape The Bad Reputation Of Those Vices That Would Lose The State For Him, And Must Protect Himself From Those That Will Not Lose It For Him, If This Is Possible; But If He Cannot, He Need Not Concern Himself Unduly If He Ignores These Less Serious Vices.

Benefits Should Be Conferred Gradually; And In That Way They Will Taste Better.

Any Man Who Tries To Be Good All The Time Is Bound To Come To Ruin Among The Great Number Who Are Not Good.