I May Not Be Better

He Thinks Like A Philosopher, But Governs Like A King.

Not All The Subtilties Of Metaphysics Can Make Me Doubt A Moment Of The Immortality Of The Soul, And Of A Beneficent Providence. I Feel It, I Believe It, I Desire It, I Hope It, And Will Defend It To My Last Breath.

Two Things, Almost Incompatible, Are United In Me In A Manner Which I Am Unable To Understand: A Very Ardent Temperament, Lively And Tumultuous Passions, And, At The Same Time, Slowly Developed And Confused Ideas, Which Never Present Themselves Until It Is Too Late. One Might Say That My Heart And My Mind Do Not Belong To The Same Person.

That Which Renders Life Burdensome To Us Generally Arises From The Abuse Of It.

Nothing Is Less In Our Power Than The Heart, And Far From Commanding We Are Forced To Obey It.