“Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter.”
“Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them.”
“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
“The real world has its limits; the imaginary world is infinite. Unable to enlarge the one, let us restrict the other, for it is from the difference between the two alone that are born all the pains which make us truly unhappy.”
“And let me tell you this: our higher senses are blunted. We are so drenched with material sin, that we should probably fail to recognize real wickedness if we encountered it”
“We all have to leave this world and we don't know when, so make sure you try and live life...now and then!”