Law is but a heathen word for power.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

I had dropped a good design, which I had once bent my thoughts upon, and that was to try if I could not make some of my barley into malt, and then try to brew myself some beer.

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

Whatever Party of Men obtain the Reins of Management, and have power to name the Person who shall License the Press, that Party of Men have the whole power of keeping the World in Ignorance, in all matters relating to Religion or Policy, since the Writers of that Party shall have full liberty to impose their Notions upon the World.

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.