One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.
To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes
The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.
Variety made the Revolution. Liberty was just a pretext.
The best medicine against the grapes of wrath is a whiff of grapeshot
Machiavelli is right: one always must live with one's friends with the idea that they may turn into one's enemies. He should have said, with everyone.