Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.