As far as the earth is from the stars, and fire from the sea, so is the useful from the right. Power over men perishes completely if justice begins to be observed, and respect for individual rights overcomes strongholds.

He is covered by the heavens who has no sepulchral urn.

The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.

I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.

The remaining liberty of the world was to be destroyed in the place where it stood.