No power of government ought to be employed in the endeavor to establish any system or article of belief on the subject of religion.

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

Is it possible for a man to move the earth? Yes; but he must first find out another earth to stand upon.

Bodies are real entities. Surfaces and lines are but fictitious entities. A surface without depth, a line without thickness, was never seen by any man; no; nor can any conception be seriously formed of its existence.

There is no pestilence in a state like a zeal for religion, independent of morality.

Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue.

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.