If The Lion Knew His Own Strength,

There Are Dreadful Punishments Enacted Against Thieves, But It Were Much Better To Make Such Good Provisions By Which Every Man Might Be Put In A Method How To Live, And So Be Preserved From The Fatal Necessity Of Stealing And Of Dying For It.

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.

If Honor Were Profitable, Everybody Would Be Honorable.

Everywhere Do I Percieve A Certain Conspiracy Of Rich Men Seeking Their Own Advantage Underthat Name And Pretext Of Commonwealth.

The Most Part Of All Princes Have More Delight In Warlike Manners And Feats Of Chivalry Than In The Good Feats Of Peace.