The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora's box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.

I never knew any man cured of inattention.

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.

Praise is the daughter of present power.

God hath intended our passions to prevail over reason.

It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.

An atheist has got one point beyond the devil.