“Courtiers don't take wagers against the king's skill. There is a deadly danger of winning”

“If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.”

“Folly is a child of power.”

“Power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.”

“Nobody is as powerful as we make them out to be.”

“In the state of nature profit is the measure of right.”

“…majority rule gives the ruthless strong man plenty of elbow room to oppress his fellows.”

“Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.”

“Power without [the people's] confidence is nothing.”

“Do remember, though, that sometimes the people you oppress become mightier than you would like.”

“Against necessity against its strength no one can fight and win.”

“Properly we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one'...”