"It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach."

"The private judgment of every particular person concerning the truth or falsehood of any doctrine, or the sincerity of any worship, cannot be over-ruled by the public authority of the commonwealth."

"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…"

"The only fences against the world are a thorough knowledge of it, into which a man should be entered by degrees as he can bear it; and a perfect ignorance of it, which is a state of innocence."

"The improvement of the understanding is for two ends: first, for our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others."