When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no longer a government, but what Aristotle and his followers call the abuse and corruption of one.

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

Perpetual aiming at wit is a very bad part of conversation. It is done to support a character: it generally fails; it is a sort of insult on the company, and a restraint upon the speaker.

Principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.

I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.

A lie is an excuse guarded