Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Nothing is of greater importance in time of war than in knowing how to make the best use of a fair opportunity when it is offered.

From good they gradually decline to evil, and from evil again return to good. The reason is, that valor produces peace; peace, repose; repose, disorder; disorder, ruin; so from disorder order springs; from order virtue, and from this, glory and good fortune.

Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. Good order and discipline in an army are more to be depended upon than ferocity.