The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The only safe ruler is he who has learned to obey willingly.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
Of course it's not enough to be a good man to be an effective ruler and it never has been.
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results.
The ministers of kings should learn to moderate their ambition. The higher they elevate themselves above their proper sphere, the greater the danger that they will fall.
Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.
Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and their achievements surpass those of ordinary men is foreknowledge.
You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.