I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

I forget whether advice be among the lost things which Ariosto says are to be found in the moon: that and time ought to have been there.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.

Quotations are best brought in to confirm some opinion controverted.

Ay, do despise me, I'm the prouder for it; I like to be despised.