If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.

I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.

I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.