"Divide and rule, a sound motto. Unite..." - Quote by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

“If a poet would work politically, he must give himself up to a party; and so soon as he does that, he is lost as a poet.”

“Alas, that we should be so unwilling to listen to the still and holy yearnings of the heart! A god whispers quite softly in our breast, softly yet audibly; telling us what we ought to seek and what to shun.”

“Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.”

“A talented executive would be somebody who knows how to surround themselves with a lot of people that will make him look good. You could say that about a politician or you could say that about a head of a major corporation or what have you. The people you surround yourself with it's very important.”

“They may not love you at the time, but they will later.”

“Of the best rulers, The people only know that they exist; the next best they love and praise the next they fear; and the next they revile. When they do not command the people's faith, some will lose faith in them, and then they resort to oaths! But of the best when their task is accomplished, their work done, the people all remark, We have done it ourselves.”

“There is no such thing as a successful defense.”

“To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?”

“Sometimes it has been of great moment while the fight is going on, to disseminate words that pronounce the enemies' captain to be dead, or to have been conquered by another part of the army. Many times this has given victory to him who used it.”