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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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.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a...

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a...

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...

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be...

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...

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.

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

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 princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

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...

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.

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

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...

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...

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with...

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with...

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

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

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.

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...

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...