Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas. - Censure acquits the raven, but pursues the dove.

But who guards the guardians?

It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin.

There is nothing which power cannot believe of itself, when it is praised as equal to the gods.

No god is absent where prudence dwells.

No man ever became very wicked all at once.