Lord Halifax Quotes

The past is the best way to suppose what may come.

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

A busy fool is fitter to be shut up than a downright madman.

Friendship cannot live with ceremony nor without civility.

Men are not hanged for stealing horses but that horses may not be stolen.

Weak men are apt to be cruel because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill effect of their mistakes.