I have found Christian dogma unintelligible.

I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead.

No employment can be managed without arithmetic, no mechanical invention without geometry.

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

Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither.

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.