George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax Quotes

A Man may so overdo it in looking too far before him, that he may stumble the more for it.

A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.

If Men would think how often their own Words are thrown at their Heads, they would less often let them go out of their Mouths.

A Man is to go about his own Business as if he had not a Friend in the World to help him in it.

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.

Modesty is oftner mistaken than any other Virtue.

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

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

Weak men are apt to be cruel.

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.

A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.

Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.

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

If Men considered how many Things there are that Riches cannot buy, they would not be so fond of them.

It is not a reproach but a compliment to learning, to say, that great scholars are less fit for business; since the truth is, business is so much a lower thing than learning, that a man used to the last cannot easily bring his stomach down to the first.