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someone who has more opinion than force. chap. 11. p. 104

Whether it is better, fearing to be assaulted, to move or to wait for war. chap. 12. p. 105

That one comes from low to great fortune more with fraud than with force. chap. 13. p. 107

Men are often deceived, believing they can conquer pride with humility. chap. 14. p. 108

Weak states will always be ambiguous in resolving, and slow deliberations are always harmful. chap. 15. p. 109

How soldiers in our times differ from the ancient orders. chap. 16. p. 111

How much artillery should be esteemed by armies in the present times, and if the opinion generally held of it is true. chap. 17. p. 113

How, because of the authority of the Romans and the example of the ancient militia original: "milizia", infantry should be esteemed more than cavalry. chap. 18. p. 117

That acquisitions in Republics that are not well-ordered, and that do not proceed according to Roman virtue, lead to the ruin, not the exaltation, of them. chap. 19. p. 120

What danger that Prince, or that Republic, brings upon itself that makes use of auxiliary or mercenary militia. chap. 20. p. 122

The first Praetor A high-ranking Roman magistrate that the Romans sent anywhere was to Capua, 400 years after they began to make war. chap. 21. p. 123

How often the opinions of men in judging things are false. chap. 22. p. 125

How the Romans, in judging their subjects, due to some accident that necessitated such judgment, avoided the middle path. chap. 23. p. 127

Fortresses are generally much more harmful than useful. chap. 24. p. 129

That assaulting a divided city, by means of its disunity, is a contrary strategy. chap. 25. p. 133