Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake.

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret.

When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get anything by their Victory but new masters. Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms.