The worst thing you can do is nothing.

I've often felt depressed; everyone feels depressed.

Always remember that the crowd that applauds your coronation is the same crowd that will applaud your beheading. People like a show.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

They think written words are even more powerful,’ whispered the toad. ‘They think all writing is magic. Words worry them. See their swords? They glow blue in the presence of lawyers.

Don't be smart. Smart is only a polished version of dumb. Try intelligence. It will surely see you through.

Oh, he did his best to make their short lives miserable, because that was his job, but nothing he could think up was half as bad as the stuff they thought up themselves.