The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.

Experience has repeatedly confirmed that well-known maxim of Bacon's that 'a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.' At the same time, when Bacon penned that sage epigram... he forgot to add that the God to whom depth in philosophy brings back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them

Spirituality lies in regarding existence merely as a vehicle for contemplation, and contemplation merely a vehicle for joy.

Art is a delayed echo.

Matters of religion should never be matters of controversy. We neither argue with a lover about his taste, nor condemn him, if we are just, for knowing so human a passion.