It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

The greatest single distinguishing feature of the omnipotence of God is that our imagination gets lost thinking about it.

If you want others to have a good opinion of you, say nothing.

It is your own assent to yourself, and the constant voice of your own reason, and not of others, that should make you believe.

Those who are accustomed to judge by feeling do not understand the process of reasoning, because they want to comprehend at a glance and are not used to seeking for first principles. Those, on the other hand, who are accustomed to reason from first principles do not understand matters of feeling at all, because they look for first principles and are unable to comprehend at a glance.

It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.

Law, without force, is impotent.