The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog.

People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

For nature is an image of Grace, and visible miracles are images of the invisible.

Meanings receive their dignity from words instead of giving it to them.

The world is satisfied with words, few care to dive beneath the surface.

One of the greatest artifices the devil uses to engage men in vice and debauchery, is to fasten names of contempt on certain virtues, and thus fill weak souls with a foolish fear of passing for scrupulous, should they desire to put them in practice.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.