We constantly change the world, even by our inaction. Therefore, let us change it responsibly.

The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'