Religions are not proved, are not demonstrated, are not established, are not overthrown by logic! They are of all the mysteries of nature and the human mind, the most mysterious and most inexplicable; they are of instinct and not of reason.

Women have much more heart and much more imagination than men; hence, fancy often allures them.

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.

Eternity is so certain and so terrible that a thousand lives would not suffice to prepare for it.

Enthusiasm is the intoxication of earnestness.

...to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state

Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion.