Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.