Exercise is the worst thing in the world and as bad an invention as gunpowder.

I know that I have had friends who would never have vexed or betrayed me, if they had walked on all fours.

When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.

The curse of modern times is, that almost everything does create controversy.

The best sun we have is made of Newcastle coal, and I am determined never to reckon upon any other.

Letters to absence can a voice impart, And lend a tongue when distance gags the heart.

Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.