Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact.

If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.

Let us be well assured of the Matter of Fact, before we trouble our selves with enquiring into the Cause. It is true, that this Method is too slow for the greatest part of Mankind, who run naturally to the Cause, and pass over the Truth of the Matter of Fact.

A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.

A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools

To be happy, one must have a good stomach and a bad heart.

We must always skim over pleasures. They are like marshy lands that we must travel nimbly, hardly daring to put down our feet.