The Most Distinguished Merit Of

[the Monks'] Credulity Debased And Vitiated The Faculties Of The Mind: They Corrupted The Evidence Of History; And Superstition Gradually Extinguished The Hostile Light Of Philosophy And Science.

Amiable Weaknesses Of Human Nature.

Flattery Is A Foolish Suicide; She Destroys Herself With Her Own Hands.

The Ruin Of Paganism, In The Age Of Theodosius, Is Perhaps The Only Example Of The Total Extirpation Of Any Ancient And Popular Superstition; And May Therefore Deserve To Be Considered, As A Singular Event In The History Of The Human Mind.

[the] Vain And Transitory Scenes Of Human Greatness Are Unworthy Of A Serious Thought.