To plead for the Oppress'd and to defend the Weak seem'd to me a generous undertaking; for tho' it may be secure, 'tis not always Honourable to run over to the strongest party.

That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it to us holds.

We all agree that its fit to be as Happy as we can, and we need no Instructor to teach us this Knowledge, 'tis born with us, and is inseparable from our Being, but we very much need to be Inform'd what is the true Way to Happiness.

Ignorance and a narrow education lay the foundation of vice, and imitation and custom rear it up.

The Relation we bear to the Wisdom of the Father, the Son of His Love, gives us indeed a dignity which otherwise we have no pretence to. It makes us something, something considerable even in God's Eyes.

It is not the Head but the Heart that is the Seat of Atheism.

The scum of the People are most Tyrannical when they get the Power, and treat their Betters with the greatest Insolence.