He, who survives his reputation, lives out of despite himself, like a man listening to his own reproach.
The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.
Prophesying is lying professionally.
Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.
I would give worlds, if I had them, if The Age of Reason had never been published. O Lord, help! Stay with me! It is hell to be left alone.
In reviewing the history of the English Government, its wars and its taxes, a bystander, not blinded by prejudice nor warped by interest, would declare that taxes were not raised to carry on wars, but that wars were raised to carry on taxes.