The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.
Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.
When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.
It is better to take many injuries than to give one.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
The Sting of a reproach, is the Truth of it.