Right and truth are greater than any power, and all power is limited by right.

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

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.

Every profession does imply a trust for the service of the public.

An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.

No man doth think others will be better to him than he is to them.