The fawning courtier and the surly squire often mean the same thing,--each his own interest.

For my own private satisfaction, I had rather be master of my own time than wear a diadem.

All men have opinions, but few think.

To be is to be perceived

He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.

It would much conduce to the public benefit, if, instead of discouraging free-thinking, there was erected in the midst of this free country a dianoetic academy, or seminary for free-thinkers, provided with retired chambers, and galleries, and shady walks and groves, where, after seven years spent in silence and meditation, a man might commence a genuine free-thinker, and from that time forward, have license to think what he pleased, and a badge to distinguish him from counterfeits.

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.