I believe there is one Supreme most perfect being. [...] I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can have no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to see me virtuous.

It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.

When men are employed they are best contented.

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.

Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety.