"Nature creates few men brave, industry makes many."

"There are three kinds of intellect: one which comprehends by itself; another that discerns what another comprehends; and a third which comprehends neither by itself nor by the showing of another."

"God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us."

"For of men it may generally be affirmed, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous."

"It is not possible to provide against every inconvenience; but it is necessary to provide against the most important."