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.

I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.

As love without esteem is capricious and volatile; esteem without love is languid and cold.

For want of a block, man will stumble at a straw.

No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.