To beprepared is half the victory.

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.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

There ward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

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