Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes read more

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

Iron hand in a velvet glove.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

I know of nothing sublime which is not some modification of power.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

The greatest power is often simple patience.

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull read more

All gods are homemade, and it is we who pull their strings, and so, give them the power to pull ours.

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while