"We make idols of truth itself; for truth apart from charity is not God, but his image and idol, which we must neither love nor worship."

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

"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which are the world's supreme blessings."

"Custom is a second nature, which destroys the first."

"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."