Many are called impious, not for having a worse, but a different religion from their neighbors; and many atheistical, not for the denying of God, but for thinking somewhat peculiarly concerning him.

If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.

An opinion, right or wrong, can never constitute a moral offense, nor be in itself a moral obligation. It may be mistaken; it may involve an absurdity, or a contradiction. It is a truth; or it is an error: it can never be a crime or a virtue.

Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.

The knowledge of one generation is the ignorance of the next.

the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.