"The Bulk of mankind is as well equipped for flying as thinking."

"I could name a country which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without salt."

"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion."

"What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not we are told expressly: that they neither marry, nor are given in marriage."

"It is a miserable thing to be a dependent, and to have no other resource but the favor of great men."