"For where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no considerations whatever of justice or injustice, humanity or cruelty, nor of glory or disgrace, should be allowed t…"

"A man who is used to acting with caution, when circumstances require him to act with impetuosity, cannot change his nature."

"The prince who relies entirely on fortune is ruined when she changes."

"He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined."

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