Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might.

People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come in to the mind of others.

Continuous eloquence wearies.

The God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom he possesses, a God who makes them conscious of their inward wretchedness, and his infinite mercy; who unites himself to their inmost soul, who fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, who renders them incapable of any other end than himself.

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

Faith is a sounder guide than reason. Reason can only go so far, but faith has no limits.

We know the truth not only through our reason but also through our heart. It is through the latter that we know first principles, and reason, which has nothing to do with it, tries in vain to refute them.