You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.

The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is once past, there is no recalling it.

In men desire begets love, and in women love begets desire.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Lord, Madame, I have fed like a farmer; I shall grow as fat as a porpoise.