"We are generally more persuaded by the reasons we have ourselves discovered than by those which have been discovered by others."

"What is self? A man is a body and a mind. What is the body? A part of the mind. What is the mind? A part of God."

"It is an error to suppose that there is any other good than God."

"How vain it is to boast of one's own merit, when one is but a fragment of the universe!"

"Little things console us because little things afflict us."