James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Daniel Defoe
A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation.
Apt to revolt, and willing to rebel, / And never are contented when they’re well.
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.
Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.
We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.