Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.
Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.
Base natures ever judge a thing above them, and hate a power they are too much obliged to.
No praying, it spoils business.
False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.
Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.