These trifles will lead to serious mischief. [Lat., Hae…

No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

— Michel de Montaigne

“I never met a pig I didn't like. All pigs are intelligent, emotional, and sensitive souls. They all love company. They all crave contact…

— Sy Montgomery

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.

— Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either…

— William Zinsser

The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.

— Henry Ward Beecher

If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves, then must…

— Albert Pike

“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude…

— Andrew Jackson

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government in person,…

— James Madison

That men, in reality, did not have friends in other men. That the fellowship of men, despite its joyous banter, old memories of exaggerated…

— Manu Joseph

You ought to love all mankind; nay, every individual of mankind. You ought not to love the individuals of your domestic circles less, but…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

... so large a portion of those who hold much capital, instead of using their various advantages for the greatest good of those around…

— Catharine Beecher

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

— Benjamin Rush

It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it.

— Catherynne M. Valente