"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion."

"The only difference between a wise man and a fool is, that the wise man knows himself to be a fool, and the fool knows himself to be wise."

"It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind."

"The more years increase, the more does my hatred of human nature increase."

"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through."