"The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a torrent of words."

"It is a maxim that a man who has made his fortune, may do what he pleases."

"There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake, though all the World sees them to be in downright nonsense."

"The greatest happiness of the greatest number."

"I am assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London; that a young healthy child, well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food; whether stewed, roas…"