If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons

That vice pays homage to virtue is notorious; we call it hypocrisy

Absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is, let alone the dullness of it and the pomposities of it

Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint-stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs

For my part, Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious