The moral perfections of the Deity, the more attentively, we consider, the more perfectly still shall we know them.

For my own part, I am apt to join in the opinion with those who believe that all the regions of Nature swarm with spirits, and that we have multitudes of spectators on all our actions when we think ourselves most alone.

Every passion gives a particular cast to the countenance, and is apt to discover itself in some feature or other. I have seen an eye curse for half an hour together, and an eyebrow call a man a scoundrel.

Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.

The great number of the Jews furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Bible.

There is no passion that is not finely expressed in those parts of the inspired writings which are proper for divine songs and anthems.