The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.

In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.

To exult over the miseries of an unhappy creature is inhuman.

Taste consists in the power of judging; genius in the power of executing.

We ought never to sport with pain and distress in any of our amusements, or treat even the meanest insect with wanton cruelty.

As the primary end of History is to record truth, impartiality, fidelity and accuracy are the fundamental qualities of an Historian.

The spirit of true religion breathes gentleness and affability; it gives a native, unaffected ease to the behavior; it is social, kind, cheerful; far removed from the cloudy and illiberal disposition which clouds the brow, sharpens the temper, and dejects the spirit.