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.

The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.

The multitude which is not brought to act as a unity, is confusion. That unity which has not its origin in the multitude is tyranny.

I condemn equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to condemn him and those who choose to divert themselves, and I can only approve of those who seek with groans.

The great mass of people judge well of things, for they are in natural ignorance, which is man's true state.

Everyone, without exception, is searching for happiness.

It is not certain that everything is uncertain.