We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

If God were not a necessary Being of Himself, He might almost seem to be made for the use and benefit of men.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

None so nearly disposed to scoffing at religion as those who have accustomed themselves to swear on trifling occasions.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.

If they be principles evident of themselves, they need nothing to evidence them.