“In England the only homage which they pay to Virtue – is hypocrisy.”

“If I don’t write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

“Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.”

“I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”

“Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.”

“Man’s conscience is the oracle of God.”

“He who is only just is cruel. Who on earth could live were all judged justly?”

“Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil.”

“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.”