So, to detract from the perfection of creatures is to detract from the perfection of divine power.

Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.

Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.

It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.

A man's heart is right when he wills what God wills.

Practical sciences proceed by building up; theoretical science by resolving into components.

To disparage the dictate of reason is equivalent to contemning the command of God.