The Wise Man Does At Once What

So In All Human Affairs One Notices, If One Examines Them Closely, That It Is Impossible To Remove One Inconvenience Without Another Emerging.

There Is Nothing As Likely To Succeed As What The Enemy Believes You Cannot Attempt.

It Is A Foolish Prince Who Entrusts The Safety Of His Lands To Hired Men.

It Is Necessary For Him Who Lays Out A State And Arranges Laws For It To Presuppose That All Men Are Evil And That They Are Always Going To Act According To The Wickedness Of Their Spirits Whenever They Have Free Scope.

How Perilous It Is To Free A People Who Prefer Slavery.