For after all what is man in nature? A nothing in relation to infinity, all in relation to nothing, a central point between nothing and all and infinitely far from understanding either. The ends of things and their beginnings are impregnably concealed from him in an impenetrable secret. He is equally incapable of seeing the nothingness out of which he was drawn and the infinite in which he is engulfed.

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him alright.

Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, uless we love the truth, we cannot know it.

Since we cannot know all that there is to be known about anything, we ought to know a little about everything.

The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him.

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.

You always admire what you really don’t understand.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don’t.