Roger L'Estrange

“ The Moral.
Let no man lay himself at the Mercy of a known Enemy, under any Shew, or Pretence Whatsoever; for he forfeits his Discretion, even though he should happen to Save bis Carcass, and his Fortune. ”

“ What we cannot Compass by Force, must be Attempted by Invention, and Address, but then on the Other hand, in All Cases of Hazzard, Things would be well Weigh’d and Examin‘d before we Trust. This Fable is the Fiction of a Case not Altogether Incredible. 'Tis a Common Thing for an Old Jade to Counterfeit Lame, for fear of Hard Riding: for a Duck to run Flapping and Fluttering away as if she were Maim’d, to carry People from her Young: as there's a Story of a Fox that was Hard Hunted, and Hung himself up by the Teeth in a Warren among the Vermin to put the Dogs to a Loss. ”