Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

The more we understand individual things, the more we understand God.

Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.

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.

It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the world.

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

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