We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit by the evil which is so common, while that which is good is so rare.

It is impossible on reasonable grounds to disbelieve miracles.

All men have happiness as their object: there is no exception. However different the means they employ, they all aim at the same end.

Our own interests are still an exquisite means for dazzling our eyes agreeably.

If you do not love too much, you do not love enough.

The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.

Instinct teaches us to look for happiness outside ourselves.