Almighty Power, By Whose Most Wise Command,

It Is Surprising To See What Superficial, Inconsequential Reasonings Satisfy The Most Part Of Mankind. A Piece Of Wit, A Jest, A Simile, Or A Quotation Of An Author, Passes For A Mighty Argument.... This Weakness And Effeminacy Of Mankind In Being Persuaded Where They Are Delighted, Have Made Them The Sport Of Orators, Poets, And Men Of Wit.

It Is Impossible For A Die, With Such Determined Force And Direction Which Makes It Fall On Such A Determined Side, Only I Don't Know The Force And Direction Which Makes It Fall On Such A Determin'd Side, And Therefore I Call That Chance, Which Is Nothing, But Want Of Art.

Law Is A Bottomless-pit, It Is A Cormorant, A Harpy, That Devours Every Thing.

What I Have Said May Serve To Recommend Mathematics For Acquiring A Vigorous Constitution Of Mind; For Which Purpose They Are As Useful As Exercise Is For Procuring Health And Strength To The Body.

Hocus Was An Old Cunning Attorney. The Words Of Consecration, "hoc Est Corpus," Were Travestied Into A Nickname For Jugglery, As "hocus-pocus." - John Richard Green, A Short History Of The English People, 1874. See Charles Macklin.