"The commonest things are the most useful; which shows the wisdom of God, who has made them common."

"I have been for some years past, working upon a great work, which I intend to publish, and it is a complete refutation of all that hath ever been written upon the subject of government."

"It is a maxim very generally received, that a man of great wit has a very short memory."

"A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are of the same kind."