God is an ever-present spirit guiding all that happens to a wise and holy end.

While Newton seemed to draw off the veil from some of the mysteries of nature, he showed at the same time the imperfections of the mechanical philosophy; and thereby restored her ultimate secrets to that obscurity, in which they ever did and ever will remain.

The heart of man is made to reconcile the most glaring contradictions.

Municipal laws are a supply to the wisdom of each individual; and, at the same time, by restraining the natural liberty of men, make private interest submit to the interest of the public.

No truth appears to me more evident than that beasts are endowed with thought and reason as well as men.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

The sceptics assert, though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects,as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind.