War is just when it is necessary arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.
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It is of the greatest important in this world that a man should know himself, and the measure of his own strength and means; and he who knows that he ...
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... When Princes devote themselves rather to pleasure than to arms, they lose their dominions.
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A prince must not have any other object nor any other thought… but war, its institutions, and its discipline; because that is the only art befitting o...
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... By disarming, you at once give offense, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either as doubting their courage, or as doubting thei...
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... Physicians tell us of hectic fever, that in its beginning it is easy to cure, but hard to recognize; whereas, after a time, not having been detect...
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Again, a Prince should show himself a patron of merit, and should honour those who excel in every art. He ought accordingly to encourage his subjects ...
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... On the whole, the best fortress you can have, is in not being hated by your subjects. If they hate you no fortress will save you...
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... If instead of colonies you send troops, the cost is vastly greater, and the whole revenues of the country are spent in guarding it so that the gai...
