To pay homage to beauty is to admire Nature; to admire Nature is to worship God

All religions must be tolerated for every man must get to heaven in his own way.

Crows pick out the eyes of the dead, when the dead have no longer need of them; but flatterers mar the soul of the living, and her eyes they blind.

Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

The soul is unwillingly deprived of truth.

If what charms you is nothing but abstract principles, sit down and turn them over quietly in your mind: but never dub yourself a Philosopher.

It is impossible that happiness, and yearning for what is not present, should ever be united.