Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.
Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.
It must certainly be more dangerous to live in ignorance than to live with knowledge.
The past is no farther away than your pillow.
When you think you know something: that is a most perfect barrier against learning.
Balance is what distinguishs a people from a mob.