Among other evils which being unarmed brings you, it causes you to be despised.

Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not to suffer.

In war, discipline can do more than fury.

Only those means of security are good, are certain, are lasting, that depend on yourself and your own vigor.

God creates men, but they choose each other.

Therefore, in order not to have to rob his subjects, to be able to defend himself, not to become poor and contemptible, and not to be forced to become rapacious, a prince must consider it of little importance if he incurs the name of miser, for this is one of the vices that permits him to rule.

It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.