The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. 299
Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. 281
The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art. 329
We can’t have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves. 419
