"I have always been a great admirer of the proverb, 'Necessity is the mother of invention'."

"The two most important things in life are good friends and a good chamber pot."

"A tavern is a place where madness is sold by the bottle."

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

"I am not for imposing any thing on the clergy, but for leaving them to their own discretion."