Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.

Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.

The early morning has gold in its mouth.

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'

In my youth, I traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.