Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
Fear loves the idea of danger.
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.