The Sinews Of War Are Not Gold,

Then Also Pretexts For Seizing Property Are Never Wanting, And One Who Begins To Live By Rapine Will Always Find Some Reason For Taking The Goods Of Others, Whereas Causes For Taking Life Are Rarer And More Quickly Destroyed.

For A Prince Should Have Two Fears: One, Internal Concerning His Subjects; The Other, External, Concerning Foreign Powers. From The Latter He Can Always Defend Himself By His Good Troops And Friends; And He Will Always Have Good Friends If He Has Good Troops.

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

The Ends Justifies The Means.

You Have To Be A Prince To Understand The People, And You Have To Belong To The People To Understand The Princes.