As far as the stars are from the earth, and as different as fire is from water, so much do self-interest and integrity differ.

All go free when multitudes offend.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

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.

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.

As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.

...Men fear what they themselves have imagined.