The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Necessitynever made a good bargain.