There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing to be at liberty to do what we will, and another thing to be tied up… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Humor is the offspring of man; it comes forth like Minerva, fully armed from the brain. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
There is no contending with necessity, and we should be very tender how we censure those that submit to it. It is one thing… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
Some natures are so sour and ungrateful that they are never to be obliged. — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share
