Fear hath the common fault of a justice of peace, and is apt to conclude hastily from every slight circumstance, without examining the evidence on both sides.
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil's work for free.
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.