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.
Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.
There stands the shadow of a glorious name.
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.