It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.
Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.