Never Do Your Enemy A Minor Injury.

The Chief Foundations Of All States, New As Well As Old Or Composite, Are Good Laws And Good Arms.

Before All Else, Be Armed.

A Man Who Wishes To Make A Profession Of Goodness In Everything Must Necessarily Come To Grief Among So Many Who Are Not Good. Therefore, It Is Necessary For A Prince, Who Wishes To Maintain Himself, To Learn How Not To Be Good, And To Use This Knowledge And Not Use It According To The Necessity Of The Case.

...people Are By Nature Fickle, And It Is Easy To Persuade Them Of Something, But Difficult To Keep Them Persuaded.

When Neither Their Property Nor Their Honor Is Touched, The Majority Of Men Live Content.