...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

There's one fool at least in every married couple.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.

Great vices are the proper objects of our detestation, smaller faults of our pity, but affectation appears to be the only true source of the ridiculous.