When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.
The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.
Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.
Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.
Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.
A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.
