A prince should suspect everything.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies.

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

Two armies are two bodies which meet and try to frighten each other.

There is a joy in danger.