Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty.

The greater part of mankind may be divided into two classes; that of shallow thinkers who fall short of the truth; and that of abstruse thinkers who go beyond it.

Barbarity, caprice; these qualities, however nominally disguised, we may universally observe from the ruling character of the deity in all regular religions.

Great pleasures are much less frequent than great pains.

Fine writing, according to Mr. Addison, consists of sentiments which are natural without being obvious.

Self-denial is a monkish virtue.

The Crusades - the most signal and most durable monument of human folly that has yet appeared in any age or nation.