The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.