Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on.

Pants get shiny even on a throne.

It's the priests who have demands, not the gods.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers

There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.

When gossip gets old it becomes a myth.