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.

What is good only because it pleases cannot be pronounced good till it has been found to please.

Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

I am willing to love all of mankind, except an American.

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.

The most Heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.

History can be formed from permanent monuments and records; but lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less, and in a short time is lost forever.