No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.

We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ.

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

There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.

The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

The best recreation is to do good.