We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income

Cleanliness is almost as bad as godliness

Marriage is distinctly and repeatedly excluded from heaven. Is this because it is thought likely to mar the general felicity

If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason

The advantage of doing one's praising to oneself is that one can lay it on so thick and exactly in the right places

For every why he had a wherefore

Opinion governs all mankind, like the blind's leading of the blind

He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us

There are two great rules in life, the one general and the other particular. The first is that every one can in the end get what he wants if he only tries. This is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is more or less of an exception to the rule