"Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“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.”

“There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand.”

“I hold it to be of great prudence for men to abstain from threats and insulting words towards any one, for neither the one nor the other in any way diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious, and the other increases his hatred of you, and makes him more persevering in his efforts to injure you”

“The sage desires no desire, does not value rare treasures, learns without learning, recovers what people have left behind.”

“The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.”

“Proverbs, words, and grammar inflections convey the public sense with more purity and precision, than the wisest individual.”

“Nothing is given to mankind and what little men can conquer must be paid for with unjust death. But man's grandeur lies elsewhere, in his decision to rise above his condition.”

“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time' is to say 'I don't want to.'”

“Wrong is wrong only when you are at liberty to choose.”