There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

Nature abhors annihilation.

Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God

Thrift is a great revenue.

Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.