Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are seldom upon good Terms.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxA fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxThe several sorts of religion in the world are little more than so many spiritual monopolies.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxTrue merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxI often think how much easier the world would have been to manage if Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini had been at Oxford.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxThe Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposing them. You are to consider, that the invisible thing called a Good Name, is made up of the Breath of Numbers that speak well of you; so that if by a disobliging Word you silence the meanest, the Gale will be less strong which is to bear up your Esteem.
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax