The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom a specious one, I feel. There are only individual egos, crazy for love.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Since the handling of arms is a beautiful spectacle, it is delightful to young men.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.