That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.
Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.
I had rather be an oyster than a man, the most stupid and senseless of animals.
Others indeed may talk, and write, and fight about liberty, and make an outward pretence to it; but the free-thinker alone is truly free.
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.