George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes

A Princely Mind will undo a private Family.

MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it.

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.

A Prince who will not undergo the Difficulty of Understanding, must undergo the Danger of Trusting.

When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge.

Men take more pains to hide than to mend themselves.

Modesty is oftner mistaken than any other Virtue.

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

The vanity of teaching often tempteth a Man to forget he is a Blockhead.

Folly is often more cruel in the consequence, than malice can be in the intent.

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

They who are of opinion that Money will do every thing, may very well be suspected to do every thing for Money.

Most men make little other use of their Speech than to give evidence against their own Understanding.

Men who borrow their Opinions can never repay their Debts. They are Beggars by Nature, and can therefore never get a Stock to grow rich upon.

In this Age, when it is said of a Man, He knows how to live , it may be imply’d he is not very honest.