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

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

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.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

The property of power is to protect.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.