Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.

Science when well-digested is nothing but good sense and reason.

None are rash when they are not seen by anybody.

The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.