He who is involved in ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for reality, and his own imagination for prophesy, is a fanatical novice of great hope and promise, and will soon advance to the higher stage and kill men for the love of God.
All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.
Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination.
We cannot wish for that we know not.
History in general is a collection of crimes, follies, and misfortunes among which we have now and then met with a few virtues, and some happy times.