That power is in vain which is never in use.
A benefactor is a representative of God.
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.
We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.
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?