You learn to know a pilot in a storm.
To govern was to serve, not to rule.
Auditur et altera pars. (The other side shall be heard as well.)
What difference does it make, after all, what your position in life is if you dislike it yourself?
The physician cannot prescribe by letter, he must feel the pulse.
Money does all things for reward. Some are pious and honest as long as they thrive upon it, but if the devil himself gives better wages, they soon change their party.