A general must be a charlatan.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

A prince should suspect everything.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.