I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.
The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.
Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own.
