Those whom we call ancient were really new in all things, and properly constituted the infancy of mankind.

It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.

All I know is that I must soon die, but what I know least is this very death which I cannot escape.

The gospel to me is simply irresistible.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing.

Religion is so great a thing that it is right that those who will not take the trouble to seek it if it be obscure, should be deprived of it.