No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.