Philosophy as well as foppery often changes fashion.

Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him.

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our fellow-creatures, is a kind of benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid become an encumbrance and answer none of these intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we get rid of them. Death is that way.

In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"