Now, if the passions had no hold on us, a week and a hundred years would amount to the same.

As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.

Nature imitates herself. A grain thrown into good ground brings forth fruit; a principle thrown into a good mind brings forth fruit. Everything is created and conducted by the same Master-the root, the branch, the fruits-the principles, the consequences.

Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.

If he exalts himself, I humble him. If he humbles himself, I exalt him. And I go on contradicting him Until he understands That he is a monster that passes all understanding.

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.