It is in disputes as in armies, where the weaker side sets up false lights, and makes a great noise, to make the enemy believe them more numerous and strong than they really are.

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.

Faith, that's as well said as if I had said it myself.

All Pretences of foretelling by Astrology, are Deceits; for this manifest Reason, because the Wise and Learned, who can only judge whether there be any Truth in this Science, do all unanimously agree to laugh at and despise it; and none but the poor ignorant Vulgar give it any Credit.

So endless and exorbitant are the desires of men that they will grasp at all, and can form no scheme of perfect happiness with less.

It is a maxim, that those, to whom everybody allows the second place, have an undoubted title to the first.

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