From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack.

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

A battle that you win cancels any other bad action of yours. In the same way, by losing one, all the good things worked by you before become vain.

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.

To know well the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to know well the nature of princes one must be of the people.

The end of the republic is to enervate and to weaken all other bodies so as to increase its own body.

The sinews of war are not gold, but good soldiers.