"The Romans, in order to hold Capua, Alba, and Ostia, did not destroy them, but gave them their own laws and left them free, and they did not hold them without difficulty."

"It is better to be a good prophet than a good poet."

"A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves."

"It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved."

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