It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman.

God creates men, but they choose each other.

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.

So in all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.

When settling disputes between his subjects, he should ensure that his judgement is irrevocable; and he should be so regarded that no one ever dreams of trying to deceive or trick him.

And if such malignity is hidden for a time, it proceeds from the unknown reason that would not be known because the experience of the contrary had not been seen, but time, which is said to be the father of every truth, will cause it to be discovered.

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