A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.
The world cannot be governed without juggling.
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.
Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.