"So, Nat'ralists observe, a Flea Hath smaller Fleas that on him prey, And these have smaller Fleas to bite 'em, And so…"

"Hobbes clearly proves that ev'ry Creature Lives in a State of War by Nature. The Greater for the Smallest watch, But …"

"Big-endians and small-endians."

"Walls have tongues, and hedges ears."

"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are the same."

"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."

"Instead of dirt and poison we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with t…"

"I love good creditable acquaintance; I love to be the worst of the company."

"Raillery was to say something that at first appeared a reproach or reflection; but, by some turn of wit unexpected an…"

"When I behold this I sighed, and said within myself, "Surely mortal man is a broomstick!" Nature sent him into the wo…"