Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.

Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.

Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.

People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.