War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

The greatest Inventions were produced in Times of Ignorance; as the Use of the Compass, Gunpowder, and Printing; and by the dullest Nation, as the Germans.

Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

There seems to be no part of knowledge in fewer hands than that of discerning when to have done.

Kitchen Physic is the best Physic.

My hunger serves me instead of a clock.