A Prince Should Suspect Everything.

You Would Make A Ship Sail Against The Winds And Currents By Lighting A Bonfire Under Her Decks? I Have No Time For Such Nonsense.

To Attach No Importance To Public Opinion, Is A Proof That You Do Not Merit Its Suffrage.

Riches Do Not Consist In The Possession Of Treasures, But In The Use Made Of Them.

Hereditary Succession To The Magistracy Is Absurd, As It Tends To Make A Property Of It; It Is Incompatible With The Sovereignty Of The People.

In War There Is But One Favorable Moment; The Great Art Is To Seize It!