An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.

Just as the queen bee, the highest-ranking, peerless creature of her hive, is surrounded by lowly drones to please her, whereas the workers produce honey, the same way is the one who sits on the throne an equal only to himself, and no one's companion.

No one will stop to help you when you are in need, but everyone forces opinions upon you that you do not require.

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

Someone who is reluctant to say what he needs to say, often ends up doing so with an insolence whose crassness is proportionate tohis fear, once he gathers the necessary courage.

Erroneous views and presumptuousness send a talent to the insane asylum.

A book is quite a beautiful thing, even more so learning. Together, however, all they amount to is called book-learning.