The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

...to invent is to discover that we know not, and not to recover or resummon that which we already know

Every person born in the USA is endowed with life, liberty, and a substantial share of the national debt.

Cure the disease and kill the patient.

The human understanding of its own nature is prone to suppose the existence of more order and regularity in the world than it finds.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.