Man is clearly made to think. It is his whole dignity and his whole merit; and his whole duty is to think as he ought. And the order of thought is to begin with ourselves, and with our Author and our end.

Jurisdiction is not given for the sake of the judge, but for that of the litigant.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

If man should commence by studying himself, he would see how impossible it is to go further.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.

We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.