The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms.

You have to be a prince to understand the people, and you have to belong to the people to understand the princes.

Sometimes it has been of great moment while the fight is going on, to disseminate words that pronounce the enemies' captain to be dead, or to have been conquered by another part of the army. Many times this has given victory to him who used it.

The princes who have done great things are the ones who have taken little account of their promises.

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.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.