We should seek the truth without hesitation; and, if we refuse it, we show that we value the esteem of men more than the search for truth.

Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves.

One has followed the other in an endless circle, for it is certain that as man's insight increases so he finds both wretchedness and greatness within himself. In a word man knows he is wretched. Thus he is wretched because he is so, but he is truly great because he knows it.

When we would show any one that he is mistaken, our best course is to observe on what side he considers the subject,--for his view of if is generally right on this side,--and admit to him that he is right so far. He will be satisfied with this acknowledgment, that he was not wrong in his judgment, but only inadvertent in not looking at the whole case.

Thinking too little about things or thinking too much both make us obstinate and fanatical.

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)

The heart has its order, the mind has its own, which uses principles and demonstrations. The heart has a different one. We do not prove that we ought to be loved by setting out in order the causes of love; that would be absurd.