The least strained and most natural ways of the soul are the most beautiful; the best occupations are the least forced.

Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?

We hold death, poverty, and grief for our principal enemies; but this death, which some repute the most dreadful of all dreadful things, who does not know that others call it the only secure harbor from the storm and tempests of life, the sovereign good of nature, the sole support of liberty, and the common and sudden remedy of all evils?

A man is not hurt so much by what happens, as by his opinion of what happens.

Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.

Whenever a new discovery is reported to the world, they say first, It is probably not true, Then after, when the truth of the new proposition has been demonstrated beyond question, they say, Yes, it may be true, but it is not important. Finally, when sufficient time has elapsed to fully evidence its importance, they say, Yes, surely it is important, but it is no longer new.

We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.