There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.

The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power.

Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them.

The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.

There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.