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

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

Everything I know, I know because of love.

Music lifted our spirit and awakens our soul.

Sometimes what a person expresses in their eyes is more than all the books you could read on suffering.

The same is true of ranking him thus against any work of literature. [Bob Dylan] has been made, through no fault of his own, the object of odious tokenism.

Quality performance starts with a positive attitude.

People on dates shouldn't even be allowed out in public.

Love has no other desire but to fulfill itself.

Never confuse the faith with the supposedly faithful.

You don't have to be famous to live out your own red carpet moment.

I would hope I would inspire kids everywhere to know that you can do anything you put your mind to.