Princes And Governments Are Far More Dangerous

When Fortune Wishes To Bring Mighty Events To A Successful Conclusion, She Selects Some Man Of Spirit And Ability Who Knows How To Seize The Opportunity She Offers.

With Difficulty He Is Beaten Who Can Estimate His Own Forces And Those Of His Enemy.

Is It Better To Be Loved Or Feared?

Men Ought Either To Be Well Treated Or Crushed, Because They Can Avenge Themselves Of Lighter Injuries, Of More Serious Ones They Cannot; Therefore The Injury That Is To Be Done To A Man Ought To Be Of Such A Kind That One Does Not Stand In Fear Of Revenge.

Nature Creates Few Men Brave, Industry And Training Makes Many.