Tag: George Savile

Hope is generally a wrong Guide, though it is very good Company by the way. It brusheth through Hedge and Ditch till it cometh to a great Leap, and there it is apt to fall and break its Bones.

George Savile

It is a general Mistake to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.

George Savile

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

George Savile

When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get any thing by their Victory but new Masters.

George Savile

The condition of mankind is to be weary of what we do know, and afraid of what we do not.

George Savile

Nothing hath an uglier Look to us than Reason, when it is not of our side.

George Savile

Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view.

George Savile

Weak men are apt to be cruel.

George Savile

Men are not hang’d for stealing Horses, but that Horses may not be stolen.

George Savile

A Man may dwell so long upon a Thought, that it may take him Prisoner.

George Savile