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.
Poverty fled, she who gives birth to virile men.
Poverty, the mother of manhood. Also, the mother of prostitution.
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.
A show of daring oft conceals great fear.