We are only troubled by the fears which we, and not nature, give ourselves, for they add to the state in which we are the passions of the state in which we are not.

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.

Time heals griefs and quarrels, for we change and are no longer the same persons. Neither the offender nor the offended are any more themselves.

Unless we love the truth we cannot know it.

If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

Justice is what is established; and thus all our established laws will necessarily be regarded as just without examination, since they are established.

God has given us evidence sufficiently clear to convince those with an open heart and mind.