There Is No Avoiding War; It Can

Always Assume Incompetence Before Looking For Conspiracy.

Where The Willingness Is Great, The Difficulties Cannot Be Great.

Therefore, A Prudent Ruler Ought Not To Keep Faith When By So Doing It Would Be Against His Interest, And When The Reasons Which Made Him Bind Himself No Longer Exist. If Men Were All Good, This Precept Would Not Be A Good One; But As They Are Bad, And Would Not Observe Their Faith With You, So You Are Not Bound To Keep Faith With Them.

For A Long Time I Have Not Said What I Believed, Nor Do I Ever Believe What I Say, And If Indeed Sometimes I Do Happen To Tell The Truth, I Hide It Among So Many Lies That It Is Hard To Find.

...it Behooves Us To Adapt Oneself To The Times If One Wants To Enjoy Continued Good Fortune.