We are fools to depend upon the society of our fellow-men. Wretched as we are, powerless as we are, they will not aid us; we shall die alone.

What use is it to us to hear it said of a man that he has thrown off the yoke that he does not believe there is a God to watch over his actions, that he reckons himself the sole master of his behavior, and that he does not intend to give an account of it to anyone but himself?

All the troubles of life come upon us because we refuse to sit quietly for a while each day in our rooms.

To find recreation in amusement is not happiness.

What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.

Undoubtedly equality of goods is just; but, being unable to cause might to obey justice, men has made it just to obey might. Unable to strengthen justice, they have justified might--so that the just and the strong should unite, and there should be peace, which is the sovereign good.

Il n'est pas certain que tout soit incertain. (Translation: It is not certain that everything is uncertain.)