All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.

And he gave it for his opinion, "that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.

There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

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

The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.