"People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others."

"We run heedlessly into the abyss after putting something in front of us to stop us from seeing it."

"It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have all one wants."

"The true religion teaches us our duties, our weaknesses, the pride and self-love that corrupt us, and the remedies which will cure us."

"Man is full of desires, and desires are full of misery."