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.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.