Tis faith alone that vividly and certainly comprehends the deep mysteries of our religion.

It is in vain that we get upon stilts, for once on them, it is still with our legs that we must walk. And on the highest throne in the world we are still sitting on our own ass.

If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than it was because he was he, and I was I.

I set forth notions that are human and my own, simply as human notions considered in themselves, not as determined and decreed by heavenly ordinance.

Nothing prints more lively in our minds than something we wish to forget.

Each man calls barbarism whatever is not his own practice; for indeed it seems we have no other test of truth and reason than the example and pattern of the opinions and customs of the country we live in

I am disgusted with innovation, in whatever guise, and with reason, for I have seen very harmful effects of it.