Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

'T is an old maxim in the schools, That flattery 's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.

Physicians ought not to give their judgment of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and death.

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.

Polite Conversation Why, everyone one as they like; as the good woman said when she kissed her cow.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.