The lust of dominion burns with a flame so fierce as to overpower all other affections of the human breast.
Adversity deprives us of our judgment.
In private enterprises men may advance or recede, whereas they who aim at empire have no alternative between the highest success and utter downfall.
Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.
Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.
Rumor does not always err; it sometimes even elects a man.