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

The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.

A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.

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.

Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.

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.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words toward anyone, for neither diminishes the strength of the enemy.