Men Ought Either To Be Well Treated,

One Arises From A Low To A High Station More Often By Using Fraud Instead Of Force.

A Wise Prince Then...should Never Be Idle In Times Of Peace But Should Industriously Lay Up Stores Of Which To Avail Himself In Times Of Adversity So That When Fortune Abandons Him He May Be Prepared To Resist Her Blows.

The Wise Man Does At Once What The Fool Does Finally.

It Is Necessary That The Prince Should Know How To Color His Nature Well, And How To Be A Hypocrite And Dissembler. For Men Are So Simple, And Yield So Much To Immediate Necessity, That The Deceiver Will Never Lack Dupes.

War Is Just When It Is Necessary; Arms Are Permissible When There Is No Hope Except In Arms.