"Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors."

"I do not define time, space, place, and motion, as being well known to all."

"In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence."

"I consider the world as a stage, and the actions of men as a play, in which every one acts a part."

"No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess."