It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.

The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Logic is the anatomy of thought.