Prose and poetry are as different as food and drink.

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I'm almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend.

The courts used to be, fair and square, the avengers of secular crimes; but nowadays they demand respect even for the criminal.

Love! Hate! Is there no third?

Lap-dogs and blood-hounds enjoy the greatest respect at court; house-dogs and no dogs at all are not even considered.

To enlist the support of the people and of parliament, you only have to propose a profitable villainy.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.