Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.

Stupidity and wisdom meet in the same centre of sentiment and resolution, in the suffering of human accidents.

Desire and hope will push us on toward the future.

The memory represents to us not what we choose but what it pleases.

Philosophical discussions habitually make men happy and joyful not frowning and sad.

When I express my opinions it is so as to reveal the measure of my sight not the measure of the thing.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.