History is but a confused heap of facts.

Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.

The nation looked upon him as a deserter, and he shrunk into insignificancy and an earldom.

You must embrace the man you hate, if you cannot be justified in knocking him down.

A wise man will live as much within his wit as his income.... Bear this truth always in your mind, that you may be admired for your wit, if you have any; but that nothing but good sense and good qualities can make you be loved.

The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.