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.

There is not a single spot between Christianity and atheism, upon which a man can firmly fix his foot.

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

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

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

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.