To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself.

Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business. Hence come those frequent absences, so observable in conversation; for whilst the body is confined to present company, the mind is flown to that which it delights in.

. . . he who only or chiefly chose for Beauty, will in a little Time find the same Reason for another Choice.

Nor can the Apostle mean that Eve only sinned; or that she only was Deceived, for if Adam sinned willfully and knowingly, he became the greater Transgressor.

We ought as much as we can to endeavour the Perfecting of our Beings, and that we be as happy as possibly we may.

That Man indeed can never be good at heart, who is full of himself and his own Endowments.

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