Clever tyrants are never punished.

Smart tyrants retire rich

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

A fool is a person who guesses and gets it wrong, a clever man is one who guesses, regardless of time period, and gets it right

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets

He realised how much he hated tyrants, the strong who stood on the weak.