By all that is sacred in our hope for the human race, I conjure those who love happiness and truth to give a fair trial to the vegetable system!

Every fanatic or enemy of virtue is not at liberty to misrepresent the greatest geniuses and most heroic defenders of all that is valuable in this mortal world.

Nothing in the world is single, All things by a law divine, In one spirit meet and mingle-Why not I with thine?

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.

This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty.

Truth has always been found to promote the best interests of mankind.

If he is infinitely good, what reason should we have to fear him? If he is infinitely wise, what doubts should we have concerning our future? If he knows all, why warn him of our needs and fatigue him with our prayers? If he is everywhere, why erect temples to him? If he is just, why fear that he will punish the creatures that he has filled with weaknesses?