48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

* Law 1 Never outshine the master
* Law 2 Never put too much trust in friends, learn how to use enemies
* Law 3 Conceal your intentions
* Law 4 Always say less than necessary
* Law 5 So much depends on reputation. Guard it with your life
* Law 6 Court attention at all cost
* Law 7 Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit
* Law 8 Make other people come to you, use bait if necessary
* Law 9 Win through your actions, never through argument
* Law 10 Infection: avoid the unhappy and unlucky
* Law 11 Learn to keep people dependent on you
* Law 12 Use selective honesty and generosity to disarm your victim
* Law 13 When asking for help, appeal to people's self-interest, never to their mercy or gratitude
* Law 14 Pose as a friend, work as a spy
* Law 15 Crush your enemy totally
* Law 16 Use absence to increase respect and honor
* Law 17 Keep others in suspended terror: cultivate an air of unpredictability
* Law 18 Do not build fortresses to protect yourself. Isolation is dangerous
* Law 19 Know who you're dealing with, do not offend the wrong person
* Law 20 Do not commit to anyone
* Law 21 Play a sucker to catch a sucker: play dumber than your mark
* Law 22 Use the surrender tactic: transform weakness into power
* Law 23 Concentrate your forces
* Law 24 Play the perfect courtier
* Law 25 Re-create yourself
* Law 26 Keep your hands clean
* Law 27 Play on people's need to believe to create a cultlike following
* Law 28 Enter action with boldness
* Law 29 Plan all the way to the end
* Law 30 Make your accomplishments seem effortless
* Law 31 Control the options: get others to play with the cards you deal
* Law 32 Play to people's fantasies
* Law 33 Discover each man's thumbscrew
* Law 34 Be royal in your fashion: act like a king to be treated like one
* Law 35 Master the art of timing
* Law 36 Disdain things you cannot have: Ignoring them is the best revenge
* Law 37 Create compelling spectacles
* Law 38 Think as you like but behave like others
* Law 39 Stir up waters to catch fish
* Law 40 Despise the free lunch
* Law 41 Avoid stepping into a great man's shoes
* Law 42 Strike the shepherd and the sheep will scatter
* Law 43 Work on the hearts and minds of others
* Law 44 Disarm and infuriate with the mirror effect
* Law 45 Preach the need for change, but never reform too much at Once
* Law 46 Never appear perfect
* Law 47 Do not go past the mark you aimed for; in victory, learn when to stop
* Law 48 Assume formlessness