What Is Deferred Is Not Avoided.

If We Lived In A State Where Virtue Was Profitable, Common Sense Would Make Us Saintly. But Since We See That Avarice, Anger, Pride And Stupidity Commonly Profit Far Beyond Charity, Modesty, Justice And Thought, Perhaps We Must Stand Fast A Little, Even At The Risk Of Being Heroes.

A Pretty Face May Be Enough To Catch A Man, But It Takes Character And Good Nature To Hold Him.

It Is Only Natural, Of Course, That Each Man Should Think His Own Opinions Best: The Crow Loves His Fledgling, And The Ape His Cub.

What Is Deferred Is Not Avoided.

In The First Place, Most Princes Apply Themselves To The Arts Of War, In Which I Have Neither Ability Nor Interest, Instead Of To The Good Arts Of Peace. They Are Generally More Set On Acquiring New Kingdoms By Hook Or By Crook Than On Governing Well Those That They Already Have.