Non è differenza da i grandi, a gli uomini privati, mentre che dormono. - Giovanni Francesco Lottini

Translation: He who has powerful enemies should, for his own protection and their undoing, firmly believe two things, apparently contradictory; first that they are both bold and prudent, and secondly that with all their prudence they are capable of making mistakes.

Chi ha nimici potenti, dee per salvar se et ofTender loro, credere ferniamente due cose, verso di se contrarie; l’una che sieno arditi e prudenti, l’altra che con tutta la prudenza loro possano essi parimente errare.

Translation: There is nothing which so calls for men’s closest attention, and so seldom pardons a mistake, however small, as war.