“Reason by degrees submits to absurdity, as the eye in time is accommodated to darkness.”

“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.”

“In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness."(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers)”

“To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.”

“Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.”

“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd it may be thought to boast an honour by an act which shows that it was conferred without merit, yet most men seem rather inclined to confess the want of virtue than of importance.”

“Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason.”