Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.

Wisdom consists in being able to distinguish among dangers and make a choice of the least harmful.

Half of these aren't even Machiavelli. Some are Plato, Thucydides etc....doesnt anyone check these?

It ought to be remembered that there is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. This coolness arises partly from fear of the opponents, who have the laws on their side, and partly from the incredulity of men, who do not readily believe in new things until they have had a long experience of them.

Since the handling of arms is a beautiful spectacle, it is delightful to young men.

If the present be compared with the remote past, it is easily seen that in all cities and in all peoples there are the same desires and the same passions as there always were.

One arises from a low to a high station more often by using fraud instead of force.