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

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

Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.

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.

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?

There is no better way to learn than to teach.