"The vulgar are always taken by appearances and by the outcome of a thing; and in the world there are only the vulgar."

"For where the very safety of the country depends upon the resolution to be taken, no considerations whatever of justice or injustice, humanity or cruelty, nor of glory or disgrace, should be allowed t…"

"He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command."

"A prince must be a fox, to know how to avoid snares; and a lion, to terrify wolves."

"No state is ever well established unless it has a good army."