Apothegms are in history, the same as pearls in the sand, or gold in the mine.
Man is to man either a god or a wolf.
It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay to antiquity its due reverence.
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.
Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.
Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.