An advocate who has been well paid in advance will find the cause he is pleading all the more just.
Blaise PascalIf we regulate our conduct according to our own convictions, we may safely disregard the praise or censure of others.
Blaise PascalThings have different qualities, and the soul different inclinations; for nothing is simple which is presented to the soul, and the soul never presents itself simply to any object. Hence it comes that we weep and laugh at the same thing.
Blaise Pascal