It was a saying of an ancient philosopher, which I find some of our writers have ascribed to Queen Elizabeth, who perhaps might have taken occasion to repeat it, that a good face is a letter of recommendation.

I would fain ask one of these bigotted Infidels, supposing all the great Points of Atheism... were laid together and formed into a kind of Creed, according to the Opinions of the most celebrated Atheists; I say, supposing such a Creed as this were formed, and imposed upon any one People in the World, whether it would not require an infinitely greater Measure of Faith, than any Set of Articles which they so violently oppose.

Sweet are the slumbers of the virtuous man.

It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians.

What can that man fear who takes care to please a Being that is able to crush all his adversaries?

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.