God’s will and the Tsar’s decree.
The Tsar’s wrath is the messenger of death.
God loves the just, but judges love the pettifogger.
I bailed him out: he taught me a lesson.
The knout is not the devil, but it will seek out the truth.
Wide is the gateway leading into a boyár’s court, but narrow—out of it.
Slavery drinks mead, and freedom water.
—From Quarterly Review, vol. cxxxix.