You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

When dunces are satiric, I take it for a panegyric.

If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.