A leader is a dealer in hope.
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
Unavailable wars are always just.
All religions have been made by men.
The Concordat is not the victory of any one party but the consolidation of all.
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.