Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings.

The eternal wisdom of God ... has shown itself forth in all things, but chiefly in the mind of man, and most of all in Jesus Christ.

He who has a true idea, knows at that same time that he has a true idea, nor can he doubt concerning the truth of the thing.

The mind can only imagine anything, or remember what is past, while the body endures.

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.

the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.

.... we are a part of nature as a whole, whose order we follow.