In respect to foresight and firmness, the people are more prudent, more stable, and have better judgement than princes.
Fear is secured by a dread of punishment.
There should be many judges, for few will always do the will of few.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.