Each one is all in all to himself; for being dead, all is dead to him.

We run carelessly to the precipice, after we have put something before us to prevent us seeing it.

All is one, all is different. How many natures exist in man? How many vocations? And by what chance does each man ordinarily choose what he has heard praised?

Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.

The two principles of truth, reason and senses, are not only both not genuine, but are engaged in mutual deception. The senses deceive reason through false appearances, and the senses are disturbed by passions, which produce false impressions.

Description of man: dependence, longing for independence, need.

Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.