Where The Willingness Is Great, The Difficulties

All The Armed Prophets Conquered; All The Unarmed Ones Perished.

Always Assume Incompetence Before Looking For Conspiracy.

The Prince Must Be A Lion, But He Must Also Know How To Play The Fox.

When Every Province Of The World So Teems With Inhabitants That They Can Neither Subsist Where They Are Nor Remove Themselves Elsewhere.

The Prince Must Consider, As Has Been In Part Said Before, How To Avoid Those Things Which Will Make Him Hated Or Contemptible; And As Often As He Shall Have Succeeded He Will Have Fulfilled His Part, And He Need Not Fear Any Danger In Other Reproaches.