A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.