I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

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

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Am Inot destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.