"I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the public good of my country, by advan…"

"The world is a country which nobody ever yet knew by description; one must travel through it one's self to be acquainted with it."

"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."

"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."

"It is an old maxim, that a wise man may change his mind, a fool never."