They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

The leader should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands.

It has always been the opinion and judgment of wise men that nothing can be so uncertain as fame or power not founded on its own strength.

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

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.

The new ruler must determine all the injuries that he will need to inflict. He must inflict them once and for all.