Anticipation and Hope are born twins.

Behold the works of our philosophers; with all their pompous diction, how mean and contemptible they are by comparison with the Scriptures! Is it possible that a book at once so simple and sublime should be merely the work of man?

A feeble body weakens the mind.

One may live tranquilly in a dungeon; but does life consist in living quietly?

When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime.

When my reason is afloat, my faith cannot long remain in suspense, and I believe in God as firmly as in any other truth whatever; in short, a thousand motives draw me to the consolatory side, and add the weight of hope to the equilibrium of reason.

To make a man richer, give him more money of curb his desires.