Machiavelli has given plenty of advice in his book The Prince- here I will point out what I believe to be the top ten advices he has given.

Chapter IV: Do no let anyone become too powerful as they will end up becoming the reason of your destruction.

Machiavelli points out that once the prince is in place he cannot be as foolish as to leave of others in power or to let anyone come to be as powerful as he is. Instead he is either to destroy their power or make it impossible for one to come to power without relying on the prince’s own authority and influence.
This obviously should be done so that there is no question of who holds the power in ones own country and so that everyone can only act on the prince’s authority.

Chapter III: When a territory has a different culture or language it is a better idea for the prince to move to the territory- also send people and armies from ones own territory to tie to the two together.

If a prince lives within a foreign territory he......

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Title: Machiavelli's Top 10 Advices
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