All loves should be simply stepping stones to the love of God. So it was with me; and blessed be his name for his great goodness and mercy.

Ignorance is the root cause of all difficulties.

The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.

Love is a great spirit. Everything spiritual is in between god and mortal.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.