He pursued this chain of reasoning till his friend was totally confounded, and cordially acknowledged the absurdity of his notions.
By night an atheist half believes a God.—Young.
No one is so much alone in the world as a denier of God.—Richter.
When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none; and then they endeavor to persuade themselves so.—Tillotson.
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride, of strong sense and feeble reasons, of good eating and ill living.—Jeremy Collier.
Atheism can benefit no class of people,—neither the unfortunate, whom it bereaves of hope, nor the prosperous, whose joys it renders insipid.—Chateaubriand.
Authority.—Self-possession is the backbone of authority.—Haliburton.
Man, proud man!
Dressed in a little brief authority:
Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd.
His glassy essence—like an angry ape
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven,
As make the angels weep.
—Shakespeare.
Though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.—Shakespeare.
Authors.—Choose an author as you choose a friend.—Earl of Roscommon.