Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.

Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths and ruin kings.

A farce is that in poetry which grotesque (caricature) is in painting. The persons and actions of a farce are all unnatural, and the manners false, that is, inconsistent with the characters of mankind; and grotesque painting is the just resemblance of this.

The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise.

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.

We by art unteach what Nature taught.

War is a trade of kings.