Nature has with a Motherly Tenderness observed this, that the Action she has enjoyned us for our Necessity should be also pleasant to us, and invites us to them, not only by Reason, but also by Appetite: and ’tis Injustice to infringe her Laws.

Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.

A good marriage (if any there be) refuses the conditions of love and endeavors to present those of amity.

Saying is one thing and doing is another

A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.

I enjoy books as misers enjoy treasures, because I know I can enjoy them whenever I please.

There is nothing on which men are commonly more intent than on making a way for their opinions.