Neither side is guiltless if its adversary is appointed judge.
As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.