Man is to be found in reason, God in the passions.

Of all the inventions of man I doubt whether any was more easily accomplished than that of a Heaven.

Man is always partial and is quite right to be. Even impartiality is partial.

Virtue by premeditation isn't worth much.

Some people read only because they are too lazy to think.

There is a great difference between believing in something and believing in it again.

If an angel were to tell us about his philosophy, I believe many of his statements might well sound like '2 x 2= 13'.