It is therefore wish'd that all commerce were as free between all the nations of the world as it is between the several counties of England.

Anyone willing to give up liberty in exchange for security deserves neither.

When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.

If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.

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

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes; and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity.