Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
After a revolution, you see the same men in the drawing-room, and within a week the same flatterers.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Money hath too great a Preference given to it by States, as well as by particular Men.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
If Men would think how often their own Words are thrown at their Heads, they would less often let them go out of their Mouths.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men in business are in as much danger from those that work under them, as from those that work against them.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Most men make little other use of their Speech than to give evidence against their own Understanding.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
If Men considered how many Things there are that Riches cannot buy, they would not be so fond of them.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought ; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Being wise doth either make men our friends or discourage them from being our enemies.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Men who borrow their Opinions can never repay their Debts. They are Beggars by Nature, and can therefore never get a Stock to grow rich upon.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
It is a general Mistake to think the Men we like are good for every thing, and those we do not, good for nothing.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
Most Mens' Anger about Religion is as if two Men should quarrel for a Lady they neither of them care for.
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax
