Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.

Wink at small faults; remember thou hast great ones.

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Nothing is more fatal to health than an over care of it.

An old young man, will be a young old man.