True Wit must come by Drops; Anger throweth it out in a Stream, and then it is not likely to be of the best kind.
Ill Language punisheth Anger by drawing a Contempt upon it.
Of Apologies.
It is a dangerous Task to answer Objections, because they are helped by the Malice of Mankind.
A bold Accusation doth at first draw such a general Attention, that it gets the World on its side.
To a Man who hath a mind to find a Fault, an Excuse generally giveth farther hold.
Explaining is generally half confessing.
Innocence hath a very short Style.
When a Jealousy of any kind is once raised, it is as often provoked as cured by any Arguments, let them be never so reasonable.