Oh the wonderful knowledge to be found in the stars. Even the smallest things are written there ... if you had but skill to read.

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.

Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.