There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent; for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.

How do we know that we have a right to kill creatures that we are so little above, as dogs, for our curiosity or even for some use to us?

Who builds a church to God and not to fame, Will never mark the marble with his name.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest.

Thou wert my guide, philosopher, and friend.