Every Little Advantage Is Of Great Moment

People Should Either Be Caressed Or Crushed. If You Do Them Minor Damage They Will Get Their Revenge; But If You Cripple Them There Is Nothing They Can Do. If You Need To Injure Someone, Do It In Such A Way That You Do Not Have To Fear Their Vengeance.

Men Judge Generally More By The Eye Than By The Hand, For Everyone Can See And Few Can Feel. Every One Sees What You Appear To Be, Few Really Know What You Are.

God Creates Men, But They Choose Each Other.

The First Method For Estimating The Intelligence Of A Ruler Is To Look At The Men He Has Around Him.

The Princes Who Have Done Great Things Are The Ones Who Have Taken Little Account Of Their Promises.