Try all things, hold fast that which is good.

I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.

The rising unto place is laborious, and by pains men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base, and by indignities men come to dignities.

Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.

General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.

When Fashion hath once Established, what Folly or craft began, Custom makes it Sacred, and 'twill be thought impudence or madness, to contradict or question it.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.