Men Seldom Rise From Low Condition To

Therefore It Is Unnecessary For A Prince To Have All The Good Qualities I Have Enumerated, But It Is Very Necessary To Appear To Have Them.

Benefits Should Be Granted Little By Little, So That They May Be Better Enjoyed.

Of Mankind We May Say In General They Are Fickle, Hypocritical, And Greedy Of Gain.

There Is Nothing More Difficult To Take In Hand, More Perilous To Conduct, Or More Uncertain In Its Success, Than To Take The Lead In The Introduction Of A New Order Of Things.

Men Are Always Averse To Enterprises In Which They Foresee Difficulties.