“There is hardly any man so strict as not to vary a little from truth when he is to make an excuse.” MenLittlesExcuseStrictVary Author:Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
“The law hath so many contradictions and varyings from itself, that the law may not improperly be called a law-breaker. It is become too changeable a thing to be defined: it is made little less a Mystery than the Gospel. The clergy and the lawyers, like the Freemasons, may be supposed to take an oath not to tell the secret.” MayLittlesMadeLawSecretMysteryLawyerDefinedContradictionOathClergyLaw Breakers Author:Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet
“Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.” MenGivingLittlesUseFunnyUnderstandingSpeechEvidence Author:Sir George Savile, 8th Baronet