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"[A ruler] should take his models among the animals both the fox and the lion, for the lion does not know how to avoid traps, and the fox is easily overpowered by wolves. So you must be a fox when it comes to suspecting a trap and a lion when it comes to making the wolves turn tail. [...] So you see a wise ruler cannot, and should not, keep his word when doing so is to his disadvantage. [...] But it is essential to know how to conceal how crafty one is, to know how to be a clever counterfeit and hypocrite
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