You think also this army, this treasury, and these counsellors as yours. Whose, however, in sooth are they, and whose are they not? Allies, ministers, capital, provinces, punishment, treasury, and the king,—these seven which form the limbs of a kingdom exist, depending upon one another, like three sticks standing with one another's help. The merits of each are shown by the merits of the others. Which of them can be said to be superior to the rest?