"The best fortress which a prince can..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain of obligation which, since men are wretched creatures, is broken on every occasion in which their own interests are concerned; but fear is sustained by dread of punishment which will never abandon you.”

“A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from snares, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves.”

“Necessities can be many, but the one that is stronger is that which constrains you to win or to die.”

“France is invaded; I am leaving to take command of my troops, and, with God's help and their valor, I hope soon to drive the enemy beyond the frontier.”

“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

“The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.”

“I never loved another person the way I loved myself.”

“Love is the Answer. What was the Question?”

“And why not death rather than living torment? To die is to be banish'd from myself; And Silvia is myself: banish'd from her Is self from self: a deadly banishment!”