Men are always wicked at bottom unless they are made good by some compulsion.

For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that while it is easy to persuade them of a thing, it is hard to fix them in that persuasion

The reason is that nature has so created men that they are able to desire everything but are not able to attain everything: so that the desire being always greater than the acquisition, there results discontent with the possession and little satisfaction to themselves from it. From this arises the changes in their fortunes; for as men desire, some to have more, some in fear of losing their acquisition, there ensues enmity and war, from which results the ruin of that province and the elevation of another.

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.

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

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

He who makes war his profession cannot be otherwise than vicious. War makes thieves, and peace brings them to the gallows.