A man may write himself out of reputation when nobody else can do it.

The Bible is a book that has been read more and examined less than any book that ever existed.

The Christian religion is a parody on the worship of the sun, in which they put a man called Christ in the place of the sun, and pay him the adoration originally payed to the sun.

Mingling religion with politics may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.

Tears may soothe the wounds they cannot heal.

Every age and generation must be as free to act for itself.

The reformation was preceded by the discovery of America, as if the Almighty graciously meant to open a sanctuary to the persecuted in future years, when home should afford neither friendship nor safety.