A lie is an excuse guarded

Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.

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

Where I am not understood, it shall be concluded that something very useful and profound is couched underneath.

Argument, as usually managed, is the worst sort of conversation, as it is generally in books the worst sort of reading.

You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

Venus, a beautiful, good-natured lady, was the goddess of love; Juno, a terrible shrew, the goddess of marriage: and they were always mortal enemies.