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

A king is a thing men have made for their own sakes, for quietness sake. Just as in a family one man is appointed to buy the meat.

Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.

Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.

The world cannot be governed without juggling.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.