A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company.

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.

I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

Pray steal me not, I'm Mrs. Dingley's, Whose heart in this four-footed thing lies.

All Pretences of foretelling by Astrology, are Deceits; for this manifest Reason, because the Wise and Learned, who can only judge whether there be any Truth in this Science, do all unanimously agree to laugh at and despise it; and none but the poor ignorant Vulgar give it any Credit.