Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
It is in our lives and not our words that our religion must be read.
I have great confidence in the common sense of mankind in general.
The way to silence religious disputes is to take no notice of them.
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.