We May Employ Artifice To Deceive A

Nothing Is As Dangerous For The State As Those Who Would Govern Kingdoms With Maxims Found In Books.

To Mislead A Rival, Deception Is Permissable; One May Use All Means Against His Enemies.

Carry On Any Enterprise As If All Future Success Depended On It.

I Do Not Sleep To Let Others Sleep In The Shade Of My Waking.

To Know How To Dissemble Is The Knowledge Of Kings. [fr., Savoir Dissimuler Est Le Savoir Des Rois.]