Among the innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to be observed in the exact Balance that is maintained, between the Numbers of Men and Women; for by this means it is provided, that the Species may never fail, nor perish, since every Male may have its Female, and of a proportionable Age.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

He that sows his grain upon marble will have many a hungry belly before his harvest.

Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

John looked ruddy and plump, with a pair of cheeks like a trumpeter.

Law is a bottomless pit.