Let the mind be enlarged... to the grandeur of the mysteries, and not the mysteries contracted to the narrowness of the mind
Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.
Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.
I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death.
The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.