The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

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.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.