That he who is in the clutches of the law may think himself lucky if he escape with the loss of his tail.
That liberty is a convertible term, which means exclusive privileges in one country, no privileges in another, and inclusive privileges in all.
That religion is a paradox, in which self-denial and humility are proposed as tenets, in direct contradiction to every man’s senses.
That phrenology and caudology are sister sciences, one being quite as demonstrable as the other, and more too.
That philosophy, sound principles and virtue, are really delightful; but, after all, that they are no more than so many slaves of the belly; a man usually preferring to eat his best friend to starving.
That a little wheel and a great wheel are as necessary to the motion of a commonweath, as to the motion of a stage-coach, and that what this gains in periphery that makes up in activity, on the rotatory principle.
That it is one thing to have a king, another to have a throne, and another to have neither.
That the reasoning which is drawn from particular abuses, is no reasoning for general uses.
That, in England, if we did not use blinkers, our cattle would break our necks; whereas, in Germany we travel at a good pace, allowing the horse the use of his eyes; and in Naples we fly, without even a bit!
That the converse of what has just been said of horses is true of men, in the three countries named.