The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Well done is better than well said.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.