Love works in a circle, for the beloved moves the lover by stamping a likeness, and the lover then goes out to hold the beloved inreality. Who first was the beginning now becomes the end of motion.

Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.

God destines us for an end beyond the grasp of reason.

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.

Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality.

Since faith rests upon infallible truth, and since the contrary of a truth can never be demonstrated, it is clear that the arguments brought against faith cannot be demonstrations, but are difficulties that can be answered.