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.

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.

If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.

If you have a secret and tell someone everyone will know. You can only keep a secret if you don't tell anyone.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.