“No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man”

“Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heaven's wonders”

“God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers, and thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face, a gauntlet with a gift in it ”

“Faith without works is like a bird without wings; though she may hop with her companions on earth, yet she will never fly with them to heaven”

“There are those who believe something, and therefore will tolerate nothing; and on the other hand, those who tolerate everything, because they believe nothing”

“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth”