"A sign of intelligence is an awareness..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.”

“There are three kinds of minds: first those that attain insight and understanding of things by their own means, then those that recognize what is right when others explain it to them, and finally those that are capable of neither one nor the other.”

“Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.”

“How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?”

“If she be fair and wise, fairness and wit,The one's for use, the other useth it.”

“The intelligent have a right over the ignorant; namely, the right of instructing them.”

“All classes in proportion to their lack of travel and familiarity with foreign literature are bellicose, prejudiced against foreigners, fond of fighting as a cruel sport - in short, dog-like in their notions of foreign policy.”

“Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.”

“I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance”