No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool.

Quote by George Savile

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Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make...

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do...

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do...

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business;...

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business;...

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue...

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the...

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the...

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best...

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best...

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy...

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy...

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him...

A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him...

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.