Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

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.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Themost prepared are the most dedicated.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.