"It is an infallible maxim, that no man was ever attached to the present order of things, who did not hope to profit by it."

"There is a great difference betwixt a man, who is by nature diffident, and one, who is so by habit and reflection."

"The greatest part of mankind may be divided into two classes; that of shallow thinkers, who fall short of the truth, and that of abstruse thinkers, who go beyond it."

"As to the Approbation or Esteem of those Blockheads who call themselves the Public, & whom a Bookseller, a Lord, a Priest, or a Party can guide, I do most heartily despise it."

"Our judgements concerning moral distinctions are derived from the moral sentiment, and not from reason."