"The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present."

"The best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses, they will not save you if you are hated by the people."

"For of men it may generally be affirmed that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are entirely yours, offering you their blood, their property, their…"

"Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great."

"Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling."