Nothing is so important to man as his own state; nothing is so formidable to him as eternity. And thus it is unnatural that thereshould be men indifferent to the loss of their existence and to the perils of everlasting suffering.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

Custom determines what is agreeable.

We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.

Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

There is nothing that we can see on earth which does not either show the wretchedness of man or the mercy of God. One either sees the powerlessness of man without God, or the strength of man with God.

Thought makes the whole dignity of man; therefore endeavor to think well, that is the only morality.