That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it.

Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will.

All our dignity lies in our thoughts.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

By a peculiar prerogative, not only each individual is making daily advances in the sciences, and may make advances in morality (which is the science, by way of eminence, of living well and being happy), but all mankind together is making a continual progress in proportion as the universe grows older. So that the whole human race, during the course of so many ages, may be considered as one man who never ceases to live and learn.