George Savile

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

A prince who will not undergo the difficulty of understanding must undergo the danger of trusting.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.

They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

A husband without faults is a dangerous observer.

Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.