For this reason I consider that a prince ought to reckon conspiracies of little account when his people hold him in esteem; but when it is hostile to him, and bears hatred towards him, he ought to fear everything and everybody.
Concludo, per tanto, che uno principe debbe tenere delle congiure poco conto, quando el popolo li sia benivolo; ma, quando li sia inimico et abbilo in odio, debbe temere d'ogni cosa e d'ognuno.