Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.