It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason.

If man made himself the first object of study, he would see how incapable he is of going further. How can a part know the whole?

It is of dangerous consequence to represent to man how near he is to the level of beasts, without showing him at the same time his greatness. It is likewise dangerous to let him see his greatness without his meanness. It is more dangerous yet to leave him ignorant of either; but very beneficial that he should be made sensible of both.

Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us.

Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.