A poor man resembles a fiddler, whose music, though liked, is not much praised, because he lives by it; while a gentleman performer, though the most wretched scraper alive, throws the audience into raptures.
1549
The love of power is an instinct of the human heart.
—Tacitus.
1550
Power often goes before talent.
—From the Danish.
1551
When power puts in its plea,
The laws are silent.
—Massinger.