Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.

An idol is what man makes and then has to carry. God makes a man and then carries him.

The more mysterious, the more imperfect: that which is mystically spoken is but half spoken.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.