Such a man, truly wise, creams off Nature leaving the sour and the dregs for philosophy and reason to lap up.

A chuck under the chin is worth two kisses.

Let a man be ne'er so wise, he may be caught with sober lies.

There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.

No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before.

I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.

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.