“He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone.”
“All the property that is necessary to a man for the conservation of the individual and his propagation of the species is his natural right, which none can justly deprive him of; but all property superfluous to such purposes is the property of the public, who by their laws have created it, and who may therefore by other laws dispose of it, whenever the welfare of the public shall demand such disposition. He that does not like civil society on these terms, let him retire and live among savages.”
“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”
“To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly”
“He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.”
“Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.”