“Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.”

“Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.”

“By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him.”

“Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.”

“To know nothing is the happiest life.”

“When I get a little money I buy books and if any is left I buy food and clothes. ”

“Humility is truth.”

“Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.”

“It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.”

“Man is to man either a god or a wolf.”

“Women, can't live with them, can't live without them.”