Hence It Happened That All The Armed

Among Other Causes Of Misfortune Which Your Not Being Armed Brings Upon You, It Makes You Despised.

The People Resemble A Wild Beast, Which, Naturally Fierce And Accustomed To Live In The Woods, Has Been Brought Up, As It Were, In A Prison And In Servitude, And Having By Accident Got Its Liberty, Not Being Accustomed To Search For Its Food, And Not Knowing Where To Conceal Itself, Easily Becomes The Prey Of The First Who Seeks To Incarcerate It Again.

For The Mob Is Always Impressed By Appearances And By Results, And The World Is Composed Of The Mob.

Benefits Should Be Conferred Gradually; And In That Way They Will Taste Better.

Since It Is Difficult To Join Them Together, It Is Safer To Be Feared Than To Be Loved When One Of The Two Must Be Lacking.