My turn of mind is so given to taking things in the absurd point of view, that it breaks out in spite of me every now and then.

It is useless to tell one not to reason but to believe; you might as well tell a man not to wake but sleep.

They used to say that knowledge is power. I used to think so, but I know now they mean money.

The very best of vineyards is the cellar

I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves.

When Bishop Berkeley said "there was no matter." And proved it--'t was no matter what he said.

What men call gallantry, and gods adultery, is much more common where the climate's sultry.