“Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.”

“Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions.”

“It is impossible for us to think of any thing, which we have not antecedently felt, either by our external or internal senses.”

“No man ever threw away life while it was worth keeping.”

“It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause”

“Explanation is where the mind rests.”

“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”

“Even if the heavy cloud fails to bring heavy rainfall, it cools the atmosphere”

“And as a few strokes on the nose will make a puppy head shy, so a few rebuffs will make a boy shy all over. But whereas a puppy will cringe away or roll on its back, groveling, a little boy may cov...”