"I hold it to be a proof..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.”

“The people resemble a wild beast, which, naturally fierce and accustomed to live in the woods, has been brought up, as it were, in a prison and in servitude, and having by accident got its liberty, not being accustomed to search for its food, and not knowing where to conceal itself, easily becomes the prey of the first who seeks to incarcerate it again.”

“He who has once begun to live by rapine always finds reasons for taking what is not his.”

“The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.”

“No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.”

“Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.”

“We will use some kind of option and we will throw the football. I hope it will be at our people.”

“It is in some ways more troublesome to track and swat an evasive wasp than to shoot, at close range, a wild elephant. But the elephant is more troublesome if you miss.”

“Wars are not won by fighting battles; wars are won by choosing battles”