War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Wars begin when you will, but they do not end when you please.

War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

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.

He who becomes a Prince through the favour of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed