I never knew any man cured of inattention.

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.

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

My father had a small Estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the Third of five Sons.

It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.

I said there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid. To this society all the rest of the people are as slaves.