Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

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.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.