A seat does not make a person.

 There is a saying, 'A seat makes a person.' It is a proverb that if a person gets up to a position, he or she will turn into a person who suits the position. This is not true. Some have turned into those who suit the position, acting correspondingly and exercising their ability, but others do not. Seats do not make people. Those who have changed to suit the position already have the proper qualities in them.