Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.
The apparent ease with which children learn is their ruin.
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
General abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.
It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires, and who can doubt that the interest we have in admitting or denying the reality of the Judgement to come determines the faith of most men in accordance with their hopes and fears.