"To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues."

"The mind receives a great variety of impressions, and is capable of an infinite variety of thoughts."

"Nobody can be forced to be rich or healthy whether he will or no."

"Custom is the great guide of human life."

"The thoughts of a child are of so little consequence to the world, that it is no matter how incoherent they are."