Men of wit, learning and virtue might strike out every offensive or unbecoming passage from plays.

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

It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house for the voice of the kingdom.

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language.

I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company.

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

Reasoning will never make a man correct an ill opinion, which by reasoning he never acquired