In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.
We are astonished at thought, but sensation is equally wonderful.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.
Our labour preserves us from three great evils -- weariness, vice, and want.
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.