You cannot reason a person out of something they were not reasoned into.
Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
All human race would be wits. And millions miss, for one that hits.
Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be the deputies of Providence.
Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.