Success 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... Niccolo Machiavelli 15
Change Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times. Niccolo Machiavelli 16
Business No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution. Niccolo Machiavelli 18
To understand the nature of the people one must be a prince, and to understand the nature of the prince, one must be of the people. Niccolo Machiavelli 18
Natur Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. Niccolo Machiavelli 13
Peace War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as a breathing-time, which gives him leisure to contrive, and furnishes as... Niccolo Machiavelli 17
Revenge Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot. Niccolo Machiavelli 14