Be silent always when you doubt your sense.

From the moment one sets up for an author, one must be treated as ceremoniously, that is as unfaithfully, "as a king's favorite or a king.

Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not free from faults, nor yet too vain to mend.

Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.

A wise physician, skill'd our wounds to heal, is more than armies to the public weal.

Say first, of god above or man below; what can we reason but from what we know.