Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

The construction of the universe is certainly very much easier to explain than is that of the plant.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

Be wary of passing the judgment: obscure. To find something obscure poses no difficult, elephants and poodles find many things obscure.

A good metaphor is something even the police should keep an eye on.

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.

It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.