I will govern according to the common weal, but not according to the common will.

A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.

Smoking is hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs.

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and solidity; but when they do meet, it is commonly in an honest man.

It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do: good Christians content themselves with His will revealed in His Word.

When a man makes up his mind to thrash another, he must also make up his mind to be a little thrashed himself.

I can make a lord, but only God can make a gentleman.