As great edifices collapse of their own weight, so Heaven sets a similar limit to the growth of prosperous states.
All go free when multitudes offend.
Believing nothing does whilst there remained anything else to be done.
No man is ever innocent when his opponent is the judge.
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.
Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.