Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady that neither of them care for. — George Savile Anger Copy Share Image
Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it. — George Savile Being Copy Share Image
Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much. — George Savile Anything Copy Share Image
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will… — George Savile Men Copy Share Image
Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. — George Savile Jewels Copy Share Image
In this Age, when it is said of a man, He knows how to live, it may be implied he is not… — George Savile Age Copy Share Image
There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised… — George Savile Because Copy Share Image
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. — George Savile Everything Copy Share Image
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz, by those who make them, by those who execute them, and… — George Savile Break Copy Share Image
Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way. — George Savile Business Copy Share Image
The people are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times. — George Savile People Copy Share Image
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past. — George Savile Best Copy Share Image
They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money. — George Savile Money Copy Share Image
No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning… — George Savile Cunning Copy Share Image
He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. — George Savile Chance Copy Share Image
A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting. — George Savile Danger Copy Share Image
Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. — George Savile Communication Copy Share Image
The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject. — George Savile Against Copy Share Image
A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner. — George Savile Dwell Copy Share Image
When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. — George Savile Anything Copy Share Image
