"Since it is difficult to join them..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“The answer is, of course, that it would be best to be both loved and feared. But since the two rarely come together, anyone compelled to choose will find greater security in being feared than in being loved.”

“It is necessary that the prince should know how to color his nature well, and how to be a hypocrite and dissembler. For men are so simple, and yield so much to immediate necessity, that the deceiver will never lack dupes.”

“The peasant wants only to be left alone to prosper in peace.”

“The coward does not know what it means to be alone: an enemy is always standing behind his chair.”

“Taking a new step. . .is what people fear most.”

“Now he'll outstare the lightning. To be furious Is to be frightened out of fear.”

“in black ink my love may still shine bright.”

“The giving of love and understanding is an education in itself.”

“But nothing is so strange when one is in love (and what was this except being in love?) as the complete indifference of other people.”