Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it.
The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.
It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.
For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.
The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.
Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.