"Hence it is to be remarked that, in seizing a state, the usurper ought to arrange to commit all his cruelties at once, so as not to have to repeat them every day, and thus able to secure men without f…"

"Politics have no relation to morals."

"He who is not strong enough to be a fox and a lion at the same time, will be ruined by either."

"For the nature of men is such that they are much more bound by the benefits they confer than by those they receive."

"It is better to be impetuous than cautious, because Fortune is a woman, and if you wish to control her, it is necessary to beat and ill-use her."