When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.

If you can not answer a man's argument, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

You can count on him. He'll always let you down.

To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

Any person capable of angering you becomes your master;
he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.

The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

But he knew well enough that any man in the right circumstances could be dehumanised by panic.

The measure of a man’s estimate of your strength,” he finally told them, “is the kind of weapons he feels that he must use in order to hold you fast in a prescribed place.

Men will always underestimate you, he said, and their pride will make them want to vanquish you quickly, lest it be said that a woman tried them sorely. Let them spend their strength in furious attacks, whilst you conserve your own.

"He had the uncanny capacity to know exactly what your weak point is, know what will make you feel small, to make you cringe," Joanna Hoffman said. "It's a common trait in people who are charismatic and know how to manipulate people. Knowing that he can crush you makes you feel weakened and eager for his approval, so then he can elevate you and put you on a pedestal and own you."

I've noticed that whenever a woman's willin' to be imposed upon there's always a man standin' 'round ready to do the imposin'.

Keep your head clear and know how to suffer like a man. Or a fish, he thought.

So long as a man knows the meaning of fear, he will need the ways and means to defend himself against that fear.