The Peasant Wants Only To Be Left

Therefore, In Order Not To Have To Rob His Subjects, To Be Able To Defend Himself, Not To Become Poor And Contemptible, And Not To Be Forced To Become Rapacious, A Prince Must Consider It Of Little Importance If He Incurs The Name Of Miser, For This Is One Of The Vices That Permits Him To Rule.

Men Sooner Forget The Death Of Their Father Than The Loss Of Their Patrimony

A Government Which Does Not Trust Its Citizens To Be Armed Is Not Itself To Be Trusted.

There Is Nothing That Nature Seems To Have Inclined Us To As Much As Society.

There Is No Avoiding War; It Can Only Be Postponed To The Advantage Of Others.