Must! Is must a word to be addressed to princes? Little man, little man! Thy father, if he had been alive, durst not have used that word.

I do not choose that my grave should be dug while I am still alive.

There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.

One man with a head on his shoulders is worth a dozen without.

I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution.

He who placed me in this seat will keep me here.

I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money are punished, and those ought to be still more severely dealt with who steal away or falsify the good name of a prince.