Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

The more men have multiplied the forms of religion, so much the more has vital godliness declined.

Just definitions either prevent or put an end to disputes.

It is easy to learn something about everything, but difficult to learn everything about anything.

These two rules make the best system: first, have something to say; second, say it.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

How vast is eternity! - It will swallow up all the human race; it will collect all the intelligent universe; it will open scenes and prospects wide enough, great enough, and various enough to fix the attention, and absorb the minds of all intelligent beings forever.