Parliamentarianism means putting political prostitution in barracks.
How powerful social mores are! Only a spider's web lies across the volcano, yet it refrains from erupting.
Ingratitude is often disproportionate to the benefaction received.
Through my satire I make little people so big that afterwards they are worthy objects of my satire and no one can reproach me any longer.
Satire that the censor understands is rightly censored.
Anesthesia: wounds without pain. Neurasthenia: pain without wounds.