"Reason, which is the common rule and measure God hath given to mankind."

"The greater part of mankind are more governed by interest than by argument."

"I think it is a great mistake for any one to take his children to task for every little trivial fault."

"I here put the case of a man, whose mind is so far out of order, that he takes himself to be a king."

"The strength of a man's mind is only to be estimated by the weight of the truths it can contain."