In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum.

The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be sacrificed without end, without restraint, without respite until the consummation of the world, the extinction of evil, the death of death.

Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

There is no easy method of learning difficult things. The method is to close the door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

What a miserable world!--trouble if we love, and trouble if we do not love.

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.