I should not be a Christian but for the miracles.

Seeing too much to deny and too little to be sure, I am in a state to be pitied.

Justice is as much a matter of fashion as charm is.

No religion except ours has taught that man is born in sin; none of the philosophical sects has admitted it; none therefore has spoken the truth

Nothing is so intolerable to man as being fully at rest, without a passion, without business, without entertainment, without care.

Fear not, provided you fear; but if you fear not, then fear.

Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.