"For liberty hath a sharp and double edge, fit only to be handled by just and virtuous men; to bad and dissolute, it becomes a mischief unwieldy in their own hands."

"That old man, as you say, who is blind and poor, or, to use your own words, 'blind, poor, and an outcast,' is a person who, on the contrary, is rich, and content with his lot, and far from being an ou…"

"No man…can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free, being the image and resemblance of God himself."

"Though fall'n on evil days, on evil days though fall'n, and with laborious steps pursue my destined way."

"God doth not need either man's work or his own gifts; who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best."