He who seeks equality between unequals seeks an absurdity.

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.

Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect., but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.

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

The mind has greater power over the emotions, and is less subject thereto, insofar as it understands all things to be necessary.

Things which are accidentally the causes either of hope or fear are called good or evil omens.