Apart from Jesus Christ, we do not know what is our life, nor our death, nor God, nor ourselves.

He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide.

If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.

Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason.

Our senses perceive no extreme. Too much sound deafens us; too much light dazzles us; too great distance or proximity hinders ourview. Too great length and too great brevity of discourse tends to obscurity; too much truth is paralyzing.... In short, extremes are for us as though they were not, and we are not within their notice. They escape us, or we them.

It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have all one wants.

You always admire what you really don't understand.