No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

Words are but wind and learning is nothing but words ergo, learning is nothing but wind.

May you live all the days of your life.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.

I never knew a man come to greatness or eminence who lay abed late in the morning.