Never was anything great achieved without danger.

By the delusions of seeming good the people are often misled to desire their own ruin; and they are frequently influenced by great hopes and brave promises.

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

The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved.

There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.

When every province of the world so teems with inhabitants that they can neither subsist where they are nor remove themselves elsewhere.

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.