El fine si ha a riguardare in tutte le cose. - Niccolò Machiavelli

It is enough to ask somebody for his weapons without saying 'I want to kill you with them', because when you have his weapons in hand, you can satisfy your desire.

as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure

I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.