Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical.

There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.

Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.

I always love to begin a journey on Sundays, because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land, or water.

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals.