Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same.
The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.
Rivers are roads which move, and which carry us whither we desire to go.
There are only three types of people; those who have found God and serve him; those who have not found God and seek him, and those who live not seeking, or finding him. The first are rational and happy; the second unhappy and rational, and the third foolish and unhappy.
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
When we wish to correct with advantage, and to show another that he errs, we must notice from what side he views the matter, for on that side it is usually true.