“...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

“Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.”

“Persons of good sense, I have since observed, seldom fall into disputation, except lawyers, university men, and men of all sorts that have been bred at Edinburgh.”

“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.”

“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”

“The trouble with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.”

“Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.”