There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet More Quotes by Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet More Quotes From Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet secretlawmay No man is so much a fool as not to have wit enough sometimes to be a knave; nor any so cunning a knave as not to have the weakness sometimes to play the fool. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet weaknessplaymen When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get anything by their Victory but new masters. Power is so apt to be insolent and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good Terms. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet victorylibertypeople A wise man will keep his Suspicions muzzled, but he will keep them awake. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet awakewisemen When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet cuttingwingsmen He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet pridebusinessthinking He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet creativitychancedecision Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet givingmenfunny You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet garmentsmayworld Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet carewantmen Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet remembermightmen A princely mind will undo a private family. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet mind Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet armslowslong The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet prophetgood-memoriesmemories There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet excuselittlesmen Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet lawfeelsmen Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet coupleparentchildren Men in business are in as much danger from those at work under them as from those that work against them. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet artisticdangermen Weak men are the worse for the good sense they read in books because it furnisheth them only with more matter to mistake. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet mistakemenbook Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes. Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet jewelsmenmemories
