Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe in, provided they have some originality and beauty. They speak truly and usefully enough if they speak ingeniously.
We are Christians by the same title as we are natives of Perigord or Germany.
A man must learn to endure patiently what he cannot avoid conveniently.
We are born to inquire into truth; it belongs to a greater to possess it
A strong imagination begetteth opportunity.
It is not my deeds that I write down, it is myself, my essence.