We have a mistaken notion of antiquity, calling that so which in truth is the world's nonage.

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself.

We cannot conceive how the Foetus is form'd in the Womb, nor as much as how a Plant springs from the Earth we tread on ... And if we are ignorant of the most obvious things about us, and the most considerable within our selves, 'tis then no wonder that we know not the constitution and powers of the creatures, to whom we are such strangers.

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.

They that never peeped beyond the common belief in which their easy understandings were at first indoctrinated are strongly assured of the truth of their receptions.

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

The belief of our Reason is an Exercise of Faith, and Faith is an Act of Reason.