Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
Theology is Classified Superstition.
Every knock is a boost.
Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one.
A man who marries a woman to educate her falls victim to the same fallacy as the woman who marries a man to reform him.