"The greater the object, the less it can be conceived by the imagination."

"Our most holy religion is founded on faith, not on reason; and 'tis a sure method of exposing it to put it to such a trial as it is by no means fitted to endure."

"Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them."

"The greatest part of mankind are naturally stupid and ignorant, and consequently owe their submission to the magistrate by the force of custom and education, more than from any sense of their duty or …"

"To be a philosophical sceptic is the first and most essential step towards being a sound, believing Christian."