Hereditary right should be kept sacred, not from any inalienable right in a particular family, but to avoid the consequences that usually attend the ambition of competitors.

Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.

The bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking.

Orators inflame the people, whose anger is really but a short fit of madness.

Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

Bachelor's fare: bread and cheese, and kisses.