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A Virtuous And Well-disposed Person, Like A Good Metal, The More He Is Fired, The More He Is Fined; The More He Is Opposed, The More He Is Approved: Wrongs May Well Try Him, And Touch Him, But Cannot Imprint In Him Any False Stamp.

Harshness Towards Individuals Who Flout The Laws And Commands Of The State Is For The Public Good; No Greater Crime Against The Public Interest Is Possible Than To Show Leniency To Those Who Violate It.

A Single Word Has Sometimes Lost Or Won An Empire.

One Must Believe Neither The People Of The Palace, Who Ordinarily Measure The Power Of The King By The Shape Of His Crown, Which, Being Round, Has No End, Nor Those Who, In The Excesses Of An Indiscreet Zeal, Proclaim Themselves Openly As Partisans Of Rome.

Not The Least Of The Qualities That Go Into The Making Of A Great Ruler Is The Ability Of Letting Others Serve Him.