True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxA person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxA man that steps aside from the world and has leisure to observe it without interest and design, thinks all mankind as mad as they think him.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxIf the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax