The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli
- How many kinds of Principalities there are, and by what means they are acquired
- Concerning Hereditary Principalities
- Concerning Mixed Principalities
- Why the Kingdom of Darius, conquered by Alexander, did not rebel against the
successors of Alexander at his death
- Concerning the way to Govern Cities or Principalities which lived under their own
laws before they were annexed
- Concerning new Principalities which are Acquired by one’s own arms and ability
- Concerning new Principalities which are Acquired either by the arms of others or by
good fortune
- Concerning those who have obtained a Principality by Wickedness
- Concerning a Civil Principality
- Concerning the way in which the Strength of all Principalities ought to be
measured
- Concerning Ecclesiastical Principalities
- How many kinds of Soldiery there are, and Concerning Mercenaries
- Concerning Auxiliaries, mixed soldiery, and one’s own
- That which Concerns a Prince on the Subject of the Art of War
- Concerning things for which Men, and especially Princes, are Praised or Blamed
- Concerning Liberality and Meanness
- Concerning Cruelty and Clemency, and whether it is Better to be Loved than
Feared
- Concerning the way in which Princes should keep Faith
- That one should avoid being Despised and Hated
- Are Fortresses, and many other things to which Princes often resort, advantageous
or hurtful?
- How a Prince should conduct himself so as to gain Renown
- Concerning the Secretaries of Princes
- How Flatterers should be Avoided
- The Princes of Italy have lost their States
- What Fortune can effect in Human Affairs, and how to withstand Her
- An Exhortation to Liberate Italy from the Barbarians