The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.

They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

I assert once again as a truth to which history as a whole bears witness that men may second their fortune, but cannot oppose it; that they may weave its warp, but cannot break it. Yet they should never give up, because there is always hope, though they know not the end and more towards it along roads which cross one another and as yet are unexplored; and since there is hope, they should not despair, no matter what fortune brings or in what travail they find themselves.

A battle that you win cancels all your mistakes.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

In our own days we have seen no princes accomplish great results save those who have been accounted miserly.

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