Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion, the strength of the state; more so than riches or arms.

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

Hunger is the best pickle.