"Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state."

"The law of nature would, as all other laws that concern men in this world, be in vain, if there were no body that in the state of nature had a power to execute that law, and thereby preserve the innoc…"

"Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural facu…"

"To be happy, then, is to have a sound mind in a sound body, and to be well provided with the necessaries of life."

"The variety of opinions and controversies in religion cannot be removed by the sword."