I Think; Therefore I Am.

Just As We Believe By Faith That The Greatest Happiness Of The Next Life Consists Simply In The Contemplation Of This Divine Majesty, Likewise We Experience That We Derive The Greatest Joy Of Which We Are Capable In This Life From The Same Contemplation, Even Though It Is Much Less Perfect.

For Each Of Us There Is A Set Limit To Our Intellectual Powers Which We Cannot Pass.

Intuition Is The Undoubting Conception Of A Pure And Attentive Mind, Which Arises From The Light Of Reason Alone, And Is More Certain Than Deduction.

Divide Each Difficulty At Hand Into As Many Pieces As Possible And As Could Be Required To Better Solve Them.

The Principal Use Of Prudence, Of Self-control, Is That It Teaches Us To Be Masters Of Our Passions, And To So Control And Guide Them That The Evils Which They Cause Are Quite Bearable, And That We Even Derive Joy From Them All.