A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.

No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences

A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and Ingenious: For here they miss Ill Company, and converse with Nature and Art; whose Variety are equally grateful and instructing; and preserve a good Constitution of Body and Mind.

Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.