The tone of these lines (105-108) suggests that Machiavelli believed that people are motivated by self-interest and typically distrustful.
Step-by-step explanation:
Machiavelli suggested a leader to be feared than being loved as in general men are claimed to be ungrateful, fickle, false, timid, greedy, and till his succeed period they are completely yours.
When it is not needed, people are even ready to offer their blood, life, belongings, and children too. But when the need approaches they just become against the prince. And thus, the prince gets ruined by relying entirely on their promises.
Machiavelli mentions a number of clear cut inherent qualities among humans. According to him, people are distrustful of sincerity or integrity.