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

The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.

When the theater gates open, a mob pours inside, and it is the poet's task to turn it into an audience.

Love wants to be confirmed with concrete symbols, but recklessness loves instability.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.

You ardently strive for freedom, and I do wish you were free--but, rather than for your sake, so that government won't be.

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into a scoundrel.