How full of error is the judgment of mankind! They wonder at results when they are ignorant of the reasons

If you wish to behold God, you may see Him in every object around; search in your breast, and you will find Him there. And if you do not yet perceive where He dwells, confute me, if you can, and say where He is not.

Of all faults the greatest is the excess of impious terror, dishonoring divine grace. He who despairs wants love, wants faith; for faith, hope, and love are three torches which blend their light together, nor does the one shine without the other.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

If every man's internal care Were written on his brow, How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?