As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

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

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.