It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.
There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter.
