For a politician rises on the backs of his friends (that's probably all they're good for), but it's through his enemies he'll have to govern afterwards.

-Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren
The Fox in the Attic, bk.2, ch.20.

He that would govern others, first should be The master of himself.

-Massinger, Philip
  The Bondman, act1, sc.3.

Toadminister istogovern; togovernistoreign.That isthe problem.

-Mirabeau, Honore¤   Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de
  Memorandum, 3  Jul.

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

-Pope, Alexander
  The Dunciad, bk.4, l.187.

Those that govern most make least noise.

-Selden,John
TableTalk (published1689).

   I now speak of the sex in general. Many individuals have more sense than their male relatives; and†some women govern their husbands without degrading themselves, because intellect will always govern.

-Wollstonecraft, Mary also known as Mrs Godwin
  AVindication of the Rights ofWoman, introduction.