People are usually more convinced by reasons they discovered themselves than by those found by others.
"Imagination disposes of everything; it creates beauty, justice, and happiness, which is everything in this world."
It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power.
"Nature has some perfections to show that she is the image of God, and some defects to show that she is only His image."
Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.