"I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: s…"

"I have always been a great admirer of the proverb, 'Necessity is the mother of invention'."

"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants, by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."

"The greatest inventions were at first but the rudiments of experiments."

"The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages."