"Hatred is acquired as much by good works as by evil."

"It is much safer to be feared than loved because love is preserved by the link of obligation which, owing to the baseness of men, is broken at every opportunity for their advantage; but fear preserves…"

"One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived."

"A prince must have no other object, no other thought, nor take anything else for his art, but war and its orders and discipline."

"The nature of men is such that they are much beholden to those who do them good, and they are much offended by those who do them evil."