“No wise man ever wished to be younger. ”

“Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.”

“The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.”

“Poor Nations are hungry, and rich Nations are proud, and Pride and Hunger will ever be at Variance.”

“I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physicians—I will not speak of my own trade—soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell...”

“He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.”

“Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.”