Believe things, rather than man.

There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?

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

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

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

It is base and unworthy to live below the dignity of our nature.