There is no art or science that is too difficult for industry to attain to; it is the gift of tongues, and makes a man understood and valued in all c…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

Friendship hath the skill and observation of the best physician, the diligence and vigilance of the best nurse, and the tenderness and patience of th…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

If we did not take great pains, and were not at great expense to corrupt our nature, our nature would never corrupt us.

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

No man is so insignificant as to be sure his example can do no hurt.

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

It was a very proper answer to him who asked why any map should be delighted with beauty, that it was a question that none but a blind man could ask;…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

Angry and choleric men are as ungrateful and unsociable as thunder and lightning, being in themselves all storm and tempest; but quiet and easy natur…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

Envy is a weed that grows in all soils and climates, and is no less luxuriant in the country than in the court; is not confined to any rank of men or…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

Anger is an affected madness, compounded of pride and folly, and an intention to do commonly more mischief than it can bring to pass; and, without do…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon

That men should kill one another for want of somewhat else to do, which is the case of all volunteers in war, seems to be so horrible to humanity tha…

- Edward Hyde, 1st Earl Of Clarendon