Let A Prince Be Guarded With Soldiers,

The Same Intelligence Is Required To Marshal An Army In Battle And To Order A Good Dinner. The First Must Be As Formidable As Possible, The Second As Pleasant As Possible, To The Participants.

Wise Men Are Able To Make A Fitting Use Even Of Their Enmities.

Words Will Build No Walls.

A Few Vices Are Sufficient To Darken Many Virtues.

But For The Sake Of Some Little Mouthful Of Flesh We Deprive A Soul Of The Sun And Light, And Of That Proportion Of Life And Time It Had Been Born Into The World To Enjoy.