"Every substance is as a world apart, independent of everything else except God."

"The true method of advancing the sciences is to first lay solid foundations."

"Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions are determined only by the principle of memory."

"God always chooses the best, and there is no other reason for his choice than the perfection of the chosen."

"I am so much for peace that I would rather be silent than say something which might disturb it."