Pretences go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment.
Roger L'EstrangeHe that upon a true principle lives, without any disquiet of thought, may be said to be happy.
Roger L'EstrangeUnruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.
Roger L'EstrangeThe fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.
Roger L'Estrange