The angriest person in a controversy is the one most liable to be in the wrong.

With the history of Moses no book in the world, in point of antiquity, can contend.

How often might a man, after he had jumbled a set of letters in a bag, fling them out upon the ground before they would fall into an exact poem, yea, or so much as make a good discourse in prose? And may not a little book be as easily made by chance as this great volume of the world?

To be happy is not only to be freed from the pains and diseases of the body, but from anxiety and vexation of spirit; not only to enjoy the pleasures of sense, but peace of conscience and tranquillity of mind.

If our souls be immortal, this makes amends for the frailties of life and the sufferings of this state.

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God, and justice and charity to men, and temperance and chastity in reference to ourselves.

There is no readier way for a man to bring his own worth into question than by endeavoring to detract from the worth of other men.