“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”

“There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.”

“There is no man so good who were he to submit all his thoughts and actions to the laws would not deserve hanging ten times in his life.”

“To make a crooked stick straight we bend it the contrary way.”

“When I play with my cat who knows whether I do not make her more sport than she makes me?”

“There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.”

“Silence by any other name is called shame.”

“One mans nonsense is another mans sense.”

“Enjoying nonsense is one of life's primal pleasures.”