You corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies.
The mind naturally makes progress, and the will naturally clings to objects; so that for want of right objects, it will attach itself to wrong ones.
We must make good people wish that the Christian faith were true, and then show that it is.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.
All mankind's troubles are caused by one single thing, which is their inability to sit quietly.