No one is ignorant that there are two avenues by which opinions are received into the soul, which are its two principal powers: the understanding and the will.

The God of Christians is a God of love and comfort, a God who fills the soul and heart of those whom he possesses, a God who makes them conscious of their inward wretchedness, and his infinite mercy; who unites himself to their inmost soul, who fills it with humility and joy, with confidence and love, who renders them incapable of any other end than himself.

Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

All man's troubles come from not knowing how to sit still in one room.

To ridicule philosophy is really to philosophize.

We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth.

It is an appalling thing to feel all one possesses drain away.