Before All Else, Be Armed.

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

In Order Not To Annul Our Free Will, I Judge It True That Fortune May Be Mistress Of One Half Our Actions But Then Even She Leaves The Other Half, Or Almost, Under Our Control.

A Wise Prince Then...should Never Be Idle In Times Of Peace But Should Industriously Lay Up Stores Of Which To Avail Himself In Times Of Adversity So That When Fortune Abandons Him He May Be Prepared To Resist Her Blows.

The Ends Justifies The Means.

Good Order And Discipline In Any Army Are To Be Depended Upon More Than Courage Alone.