Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

Pride may be allowed to this or that degree, else a man cannot keep up dignity. In gluttony there must be eating, in drunkenness there must be drinking; 'tis not the eating, and 'tis not the drinking that must be blamed, but the excess. So in pride.

Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.

Old friends are best. King James used to call for his old shoes; they were the easiest for his feet.

He that has not religion to govern his morality, is not a dram better than my mastiff-dog; so long as you stroke him, and please him, and do not pinch him, he will play with you as finely as may be, he is a very good moral mastiff; but if you hurt him, he will fly in your face, and tear out your throat.