They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.

Arbitrary power is but the first natural step from anarchy, or the savage life.

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.

All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.

Big-endians and small-endians.

So, naturalists observe, a flea; Hath smaller fleas that on him prey; And these have smaller fleas to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.