No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.
Niccolo MachiavelliHe who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.
Niccolo MachiavelliIn order not to annul our free will, I judge it true that Fortune may be mistress of one half our actions but then even she leaves the other half, or almost, under our control.
Niccolo Machiavelli