Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has i….

To inquisitive minds like yours and mine the reflection that the quantity of human knowledge bears no proportion to the quantity of human ignorance m….

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope..

Nor is it of much Importance to us to know the Manner in which Nature executes her laws; 'tis enough to know the Laws themselves..

Observe all men, thyself most..

There is no such thing as a good war or a bad peace..

After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has no….

We are not certain, we are never certain. If we were we could reach some conclusions, and we could, at last, make others take us seriously. In this w….

Don't go to the doctor with every distemper, nor to the lawyer with every quarrel, nor to the pot for every thirst..

I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong..

Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much..

Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same..

Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their manners. ... Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long tr….

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him..

Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him..

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible..

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking..

Arguing is a game that two can play at. But it is a strange game in that neither opponent ever wins..

People are best convinced by things they themselves discover..

Let thy discontents be thy secrets.

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power..