It is never too late to be wise.

In the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the most dreadful to us, is oftentimes the very means or door of our deliverance, by which alone we can be raised again from the affliction we are fallen into.

He that Opposes his own Judgment against the Current of the Times, ought to be back'd with unanswerable Truths; and he that has that Truth on his Side, is a Fool, as well as a Coward, if he is afraid to own it, because of the Currency or Multitude of other Mens Opinions.

I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.

Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.