Sublime

Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, are written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel.

Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even the closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did, and his power, are they not written in the Book of the Annals of the Kings of Israel?

it is therefore very difficult to discover a medium between the sovereignty of all and the absolute power of one man:

Du Roy rageait du triomphe du Patron. Il s’était cru riche avec les cinq cent mille francs extorqués à sa femme, et maintenant il se jugeait pauvre, affreusement pauvre, en comparant sa piètre fortune à la pluie de millions tombée autour de lui, sans qu’il eût su en rien ramasser.