Some determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man, yet it lives on fruits - therefore if man followed nature, he would live on fruits and vegetables. But though the anatomical likeness between man and monkeys is striking, yet it is not complete; the difference may be and doubtless is precisely that which makes a difference of diet necessary to nourish and develope their dissimilar natures. Those who should live as the monkeys do would most closely resemble them.

The fearful are the failing.

... rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.

There is no impossibility to him who stands prepared to conquer every hazard. The fearful are the failing.

What in the rising man was industry and economy, becomes in the rich man parsimony and avarice.

A man is never more satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.

It is a bad business, dealing in lottery tickets ... Riches got in such a hasty manner never wear well.