Instinct is the nose of the mind.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

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.

Trust is difficult to define, but we know when it's presentand when it's not.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

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

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.