Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.
Those in supreme power always suspect and hate their next heir.
So true is it that all transactions of preeminent importance are wrapt in doubt and obscurity; while some hold for certain facts the most precarious hearsays, others turn facts into falsehood; and both are exaggerated by posterity.
The lust of fame is the last that a wise man shakes off.
Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.
The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.