Law Is But A Heathen

Vice Came In Always At The Door Of Necessity, Not At The Door Of Inclination.

It Is Men Of Desperate Fortunes On The One Hand, Or Of Aspiring, Superior Fortunes On The Other, Who Go Abroad Upon Adventures, To Rise By Enterprise, And Make Themselves Famous In Undertakings Of A Nature Out Of The Common Road.

The Dutch Must Be Understood As They Really Are, The Middle Persons In Trade, The Factors And Brokers Of Europe... They Buy To Sell Again, Take In To Send Out Again, And The Greatest Part Of Their Vast Commerce Consists In Being Supply'd From All Parts Of The World, That They May Supply All Th World Again.

Friends Are Good,--good, If Well Chosen.

Wit, Like The Belly, If It Be Not Fed, Will Starve The Members, And Distract The Head.