He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.

People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.

If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.

My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.

A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.

Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.