Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.

Evil is easily discovered; there is an infinite variety; good is almost unique. But some kinds of evil are almost as difficult to discover as that which we call good; and often particular evil of this class passes for good. It needs even a certain greatness of soul to attain to this, as to that which is good.

Is it courage in a dying man to go, in weakness and in agony, to affront an almighty and eternal God?

We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.

Just as all things speak about God to those that know Him, and reveal Him to those that love Him, they also hide Him from all those that neither seek nor know Him.

It is the contest that delights us, and not the victory.

Law was once introduced without reason, and has become reasonable.