Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men. - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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.

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

A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use.