Ništa na svijetu nije tako nepostojano i prolazno kao vlast jednog čovjeka koja ne počiva na snazi njegove ličnosti.

Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.

Seek to make a person blush for their guilt rather than shed their blood.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.