He who regulates everything by laws, is more likely to arouse vices than reform them.

In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.

Schisms do not originate in a love of truth, which is a source of courtesy and gentleness, but rather in an inordinate desire for supremacy.

He who hates anyone will endeavor to do him an injury, unless he fears that a greater injury will thereby accrue to himself; on the other hand, he who loves anyone will, by the same law, seek to benefit him.

It is not possible that we should remember that we existed before our body, for our can bear no trace of such existence, neither can eternity be defined in terms of time or have any relation to time. But notwithstanding, we feel and know that we are eternal.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.