"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."
"It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply."
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Source: Gulliver's Travels. Book by Jonathan Swift. Part IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms. Chapter 5, 1726.
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