Adversity introduces a man to himself.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

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.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.