He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

If Men are so wicked as we now see them with Religion what would they be if without it?

That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems to be of a piece with the rest.

In short, I conceive that great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by the false estimates they have made of the value of things, and by their giving too much for their whistles.