“It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”

“After all, it is no more surprising to me to be born twice than it is to be born once.”

“I was never ruined but twice: once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I won one.”

“It is proved...that things cannot be other than they are, for since everything was made for a purpose, it follows that everything is made for the best purpose.”

“mankind have a little corrupted nature, for they were not born wolves, and they have become wolves; God has given them neither cannon of four-and-twenty pounders, nor bayonets; and yet they have made cannon and bayonets to destroy one another.”

“All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.”

“Minds differ still more than faces.”