The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but because it issues from a good intention.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

O what their joy and their glory must be, Those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see! crowns for the valiant, for weary ones rest: God shall be all, and in all ever blest. Truly Jerusalem name we that shore, vision of peace that brings hope evermore; wish and fulfillment shall severed be ne'er, nor the thing prayed for come short of the prayer.

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.

Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.