The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.

Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.

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

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

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

Men sunk in the greatest darkness imaginable retain some sense and awe of the Deity.

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