That queen, of error, whom we call fancy and opinion, is the more deceitful because she does not always deceive. She would be the infallible rule of truth if she were the infallible rule of falsehood; but being only most frequently in error, she gives no evidence of her real quality, for she marks with the same character both that which is true and that which is false.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Put the world's greatest philosopher on a plank that is wider than need be; if there is a precipe below, although his reason may convince him that he is safe, his imagination will prevail.

If we dreamed the same thing every night, it would affect us much as the objects we see every day. And if a common workman were sure to dream every night for twelve hours that he was a king, I believe he would be almost as happy as a king who should dream every night for twelve hours on end that he was a common workman.

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

The state of man is inconstancy, ennui, anxiety.

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.