How many ills spring from adultery? First the supreme law that is violated, Nobility oft stain'd with bastardy, Inheritance of land falsely possessed, The husband scorn'd, wife sham'd, and babes unbless'd.

All the damnable degrees Of drinking have you staggered through.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

The chiefest action for a man of great spirit is never to be out of action... the soul was never put into the body to stand still.

In all our quest of greatness, like wanton boys, whose pastime is their care, we follow after bubbles, blown in the air.

When we prohibit others from being different, we end up forfeiting our own right to Liberty.

Is not old wine wholesomest, old pippins toothsomest, old wood burn brightest, old linen wash whitest? Old soldiers, sweethearts, are surest, and old lovers are soundest.