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.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.