He that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths; and he that has truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions.

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back, the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Business neglected is business lost.

All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition with those that were worse, in order to be thankful, than be always comparing them with those which are better, to assist their murmurings and complaining.