A knight errant who turns mad for a reason deserves neither merit nor thanks. The thing is to do it without cause

Be a terror to the butchers, that they may be fair in their weight; and keep hucksters and fraudulent dealers in awe, for the same reason.

Wit and humor belong to genius alone.

Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.

Treason pleases, but not the traitor.

A man prepared has half fought the battle.