You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

The man who opts for revenge should dig two graves.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.