He that calls a man ungrateful sums up all the veil that a man can be guilty of.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

If they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms.

Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Two women seldom grow intimate but at the expense of a third person.

And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.