I wish it were possible, from this instance, to invent a method of embalming drowned persons in such a manner that they may be recalled to life at any period, however distant; for having a very ardent desire to see and observe the state of America a hundred years hence, I should prefer to any ordinary death the being immersed in a cask of Madeira wine with a few friends till that time, to be then recalled to life by the solar warmth of my dear country!

You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish.

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.

The rotten apple spoils his companion.

The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.