Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue.

Rhetoric in serious discourses is like the flowers in corn; pleasing to those who come only for amusement, but prejudicial to him who would reap profit from it.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.

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

In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.