Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. - Niccolò Machiavelli

En general, los hombres juzgan más por los ojos que por la inteligencia, pues todos pueden ver, pero pocos comprenden lo que ven.

for men do easily part with their prince upon hopes of bettering their condition, and that hope provokes them to rebel; but most commonly they are mistaken, and experience tells them their condition is much worse.

It is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity.