Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

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.

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

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

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

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.