A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeHistory is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeCunning pays no regard to virtue, and is but the low mimic of reason.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeOur liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeWhat Anacharsis said of the vine may aptly enough be said of prosperity. She bears the three grapes of drunkenness, pleasure, and sorrow; and happy is it if the last can cure the mischief which the former work. When afflictions fail to have their due effect, the case is desperate.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke