Author: George Savile

Quotes

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

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

- George Savile

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

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

- George Savile

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else.

- George Savile

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

- George Savile

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

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

- George Savile

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

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

- George Savile

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

- George Savile

A princely mind will undo a private family.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

- George Savile

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

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

- George Savile

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