It is always the nearest, plainest and simplest principles that learned men comprehend last.
I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
A man is not paid for having a head and hands, but for using them.
Rivalry is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.
Woman's inaptitude for reasoning has not prevented her from arriving at truth; nor has man's ability to reason prevented him from floundering in absurdity.
Knowledge is the distilled essence of our institutions, corroborated by experience.