What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.

A good prince will tax as lightly as possible those commodities which are used by the poorest members of society: grain, bread, beer, wine, clothing, and all other staples without which human life could not exist.

'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.

Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.