I would have far more fear of being mistaken, and of finding that the Christian religion was true, than of not being mistaken in believing it true.

There should be in eloquence that which is pleasing and that which is real; but that which is pleasing should itself be real.

All the good maxims which are in the world fail when applied to one's self.

Discourses on humility are a source of pride in the vain and of humility in the humble. So those on scepticism cause believers to affirm. Few men speak humbly of humility, chastely of chastity, few doubtingly of scepticism.

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

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

I feel engulfed in the infinite immensity of spaces whereof I know nothing, and which know nothing of me, I am terrified The eternal silence of these infinite spaces alarms me.