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.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.