"Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives, and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the times."

"It is an established fact that luxury nourishes a thousand families in London and ruins a hundred thousand in the Indies."

"Beware of the books. It is not the book that is dangerous, but the spirit of the people who read it."

"All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God."

"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."