The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

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.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.