Niccolo Machiavelli

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as…

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the…

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach…

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more…

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it…

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it…

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues…

Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them…

The distinction between children and adults, while probably useful for some purposes, is at bottom…

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that…

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should…

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates…

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles…

The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when…

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and…