I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Buying ischeaper than asking.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the brick that others throw at him.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

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.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

Sweet is pleasure after pain