Death is easier to bear without thinking of it, than the thought of death without peril.

Jesus was in a garden, not of delight as the first Adam, in which he destroyed himself and the whole human race, but in one of agony, in which he saved himself and the whole human race.

Without [diversion] we would be in a state of weariness, and this weariness would spur us on to seek a more solid means of escaping from it. But diversion amuses us, and leads us unconsciously to death.

Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth; give him too much, the same.

There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the Creator, made known through Jesus.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.

Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.