Nevertheless our experience has been that those princes who have done great things have held good faith of little account, and have known how to circumvent the intellect of men by craft, and in the end have overcome those who have relied on their word.
Napjainkban mégis azt tapasztaljuk, hogy a szószegő uralkodók vittek véghez nagy dolgokat, kik az emberek eszén kifogtak; ezek végül is többre vitték, mint akik igazul cselekedtek.