No man hates him at whom he can laugh.

As to the Christian religion, besides the strong evidence which we have for it, there is a balance in its favor from the number of great men who have been convinced of its truth after a serious consideration of the question. Grotius was an acute man, a lawyer, a man accustomed to examine evidence, and he was convinced. Grotius was not a recluse, but a man of the world, who certainly had no bias on the side of religion. Sir Isaac Newton set out an infidel, and came to be a very firm believer.

Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.

No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.