Auf die Antwort, daß viele freigebige Fürsten mittelst ihrer Kriegsheere große Dinge ausgerichtet haben, erwidere ich: der Fürst vergeudet entweder das Seinige und das Gut seiner Unterthanen, oder fremdes.
And if any one should reply: Many have been princes, and have done great things with armies, who have been considered very liberal, I reply: Either a prince spends that which is his own or his subjects' or else that of others. In the first case he ought to be sparing, in the second he ought not to neglect any opportunity for liberality.