When a man is made a spiritual peer he loses his surname; when a temporal, his Christian name.

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.

A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses.

It is likewise to be observed that this society hath a peculiar chant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply.

It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

When a man of genius appears in the world, it is immediately recognized by the fact that all the blockheads join forces against him.