Every dog must have his day.

Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery.

A fig for partridges and quails, ye dainties I know nothing of ye; But on the highest mount in Wales Would choose in peace to drink my coffee.

... the atheists, libertines, despisers of religion ... that is to say all those who usually pass under the name of Free-thinkers.

How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.

Patience alleviates, as impatience augments, pain; thus persons of strong will suffer less than those who give way to irritation.