Man is emphatically self-made.

Reason is God's gift, but so are the passions. Reason is as guilty as passion.

When men understand what each other mean, they see, for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless

Every breath of air and ray of light and heat, every beautiful prospect, is, as it were, the skirts of the (angel's) garments, the waving robes of those whose faces see God.

By a garden is meant mystically a place of spiritual repose, stillness, peace, refreshment, delight.

Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.