Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
Every great man inevitable resents a partner in greatness.
All go free when multitudes offend.
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
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.