In the mind there is no absolute or free will.

Whatsoever is contrary to nature is contrary to reason, and whatsoever is contrary to reason is absurd.

Sin cannot be conceived in a natural state, but only in a civil state, where it is decreed by common consent what is good or bad.

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.

In proportion as we endeavor to live according to the guidance of reason, shall we strive as much as possible to depend less on hope, to liberate ourselves from fear, to rule fortune, and to direct our actions by the sure counsels of reason.

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