Every man must some time or other be trusted to himself.

No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them

To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and perception being the same thing.