If there is a God, He is infinitely incomprehensible, since, having, neither parts nor limits, He has no affinity to us. We are then incapable of knowing either what He is or if He is. [So] you must wager. Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager then without hesitation that he is.

Extremes are for us as if they were not, and as if we were not in regard to them; they escape from us, or we from them.

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

Man is so made that if he is told often enough that he is a fool he believes it.

All err the more dangerously because each follows a truth. Their mistake lies not in following a falsehood but in not following another truth.

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.