Man is by his constitution a religious animal.

Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.

The nature of things is, I admit, a sturdy adversary.

The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more.

Though ugliness be the opposite of beauty, it is not the opposite to proportion and fitness; for it is possible that a thing may be very ugly with any proportions, and with a perfect fitness for any use.

The first and simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind, is curiosity.

Adversity is a severe instructor, set over us by one who knows us better than we do ourselves.