"The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar."

"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often even more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."

"It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity."

"The end justifies the means."

"It is not possible to provide against every inconvenience; but it is necessary to provide against the most important."