He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

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!

Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.

A full Belly brings forth every Evil.

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.

The only certain things in life are death and taxes!

In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money.