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

You must know, then, that there are two methods of fighting, the one by law, the other by force: the first method is that of men, the second of beasts; but as the first method is often insufficient, one must have recourse to the second.

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

It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of the property and women of his subjects, from both of which he must abstain.

It is a foolish prince who entrusts the safety of his lands to hired men.

Gold will not always get you good soldiers, but good soldiers can get you gold.

For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part of the people.