Courtiers Don't Take Wagers Against The King's

Self-education Is, I Firmly Believe, The Only Kind Of Education There Is.

The Appearance Of Strength Is All About You. It Would Seem To Last Forever. However... The Rotten Tree-trunk, Until The Very Moment When The Storm-blast Breaks It In Two, Has All The Appearance Of Might It Ever Had. The Storm-blast Whistles Through The Branches Of The Empire Even Now. Listen... And You Will Hear The Creaking.

It Is Well-known That The Friend Of A Conqueror Is But The Last Victim.

People Are Entirely Too Disbelieving Of Coincidence.

All Life Is Nucleic Acid; The Rest Is Commentary.