Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.