No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.

Man and boy, I have lived ever since I can remember.

My means are sane, my motives and my object mad.

You know nothing till you know all; which is the reason we never know any thing.

Climate of Egypt in winter is the reign of spring upon earth, & summer in the air, and tranquility in the heat.

Courage is the most common and vulgar of the virtues.

At my years, and with my disposition, or rather, constitution, one gets to care less and less for everything except downright goodfeeling. Life is so short, and so ridiculous and irrational (from a certain point of view) that one knows not what to make of it, unless--well, finish the sentence for yourself.