There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.

I do not know how to teach philosophy without becoming a disturber of established religion.

A miracle signifies nothing more than an event... the cause of which cannot be explained by another familiar instance, or.... which the narrator is unable to explain.

Only that thing is free which exists by the necessities of its own nature, and is determined in its actions by itself alone.

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

We are so constituted by Nature that we easily believe the things we hope for, but believe only with difficulty those we fear, and that we regard such things more or less highly than is just. This is the source of the superstitions by which men everywhere are troubled. For the rest, I don

It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.