I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.

To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from Phænomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things follow from those manifest Principles, would be a very great step in Philosophy.

Therefore, the causes assigned to natural effects of the same kind must be, so far as possible, the same.

God created everything by number, weight and measure.

Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors.

Philosophy is such an impertinently litigious lady that a man had as good be engaged in lawsuits as have to do with her.

The way to chastity is not to struggle directly with incontinent thoughts but to avert the thoughts by some imployment, or by reading, or meditating on other things.