Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.

The God of metaphysics is but an idea. But the God of religion, the Maker of heaven and earth, the sovereign Judge of actions and thoughts, is a power.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.

Fear loves the idea of danger.