The fortuitous or casual concourse of atoms.
Richard Bentley (1662 - 1742)
Source: Sermons, vii. Works, Vol. iii. p. 147 (1692).
Contributed by: Zaady
It is a maxim with me that no man was ever written out of reputation but by himself.
Source: Monk's Life of Bentley. Page 90.
"Whatever is, is not," is the maxim of the anarchist, as often as anything comes across him in the shape of a law which he happens not to like.
Source: Declaration of Rights.