The war existing between the senses and reason.

What a difficult thing it is to ask someone's advice on a matter without coloring his judgment by the way in which we present our problem.

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion.

Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.

It is natural for the mind to believe and for the will to love; so that, for want of true objects, they must attach themselves to false.

There is a lot of difference between tempting and leading into error. God tempts but does not lead into error. To tempt is to provide opportunities for us to do certain things if we do not love God, but putting us under no necessity to do so. To lead into error is to compel a man necessarily to conclude and follow a falsehood.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.