Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.

Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.

If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

you can do anything you set your mind to