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.

He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

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.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.