Tobacco is a culture productive of infinite wretchedness.

Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .

The merchant has no country .

...the science of calculation also is indispensable as far as the extraction of the square and cube roots: Algebra as far as the quadratic equation and the use of logarithms are often of value in ordinary cases: but all beyond these is but a luxury; a delicious luxury indeed; but not be in indulged in by one who is to have a profession to follow for his subsistence.

By making this wine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.

The contest is not between us and them, but between good and evil, and if those who would fight evil adopt the ways of evil, evil wins.

Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man.