Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Great talkers should be cropt, for they’ve no need of ears.
Tis a well spent penny that saves a groat.
Death takes no bribes.
He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot.
Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang’d, our times drink all away.
Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.
The first Degree of Folly, is to conceit one’s self wise; the second to profess it; the third to despise Counsel.
Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.
I don’t believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis.
I am in the prime of senility.
All cats are gray in the dark.
The English love an insult. It’s their only test of a man’s sincerity.
A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.
Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget’s corpse doth lie, she is at rest – and so am I!
Never praise your cider or your horse.