We carry within us the wonders we seek without us.
I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.
Think it more satisfactory to live richly than die rich.
Do the devils lie? No; for then even hell could not subsist.
Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.
As reason is a rebel to faith, so passion is a rebel to reason.