Every condition of the soul has its own sign and expression...So you will see how hard it is to seem original without being so.

Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.

The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.

In the world we live in, one fool makes many fools, but one sage only a few sages.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

If all mankind were suddenly to practice honesty, many thousands of people would be sure to starve.

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.