Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.
The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.
It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.