Passion cannot be beautiful without excess; one either loves too much or not enough.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.

Those who make antitheses by forcing the sense are like men who make false windows for the sake of symmetry. Their rule is not to speak justly, but to make accurate figures.

Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

How I hate this folly of not believing in the Eucharist, etc.! If the gospel be true, if Jesus Christ be God, what difficulty is there?