You cannot be buried in obscurity: you are exposed upon a grand theater to the view of the world. If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.
Cyrus the GreatSuccess always calls for greater generosity - though most people, lost in the darkness of their own egos, treat it as an occasion for greater greed. Collecting boot is not an end itself, but only a means for building an empire. Riches would be of little use to us now - except as a means of winning new friends.
Cyrus the GreatBrevity is the soul of command. Too much talking suggests desperation on the part of the leader. Speak shortly, decisively and to the pointโand couch your desires in such natural logic that no one can raise objections. Then move on.
Cyrus the Great