We have an idea of truth, invincible to all scepticism.
Little things console us because little things afflict us.
If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.
We must keep our thought secret, and judge everything by it, while talking like the people.
The struggle alone pleases us, not the victory.
There are two equally dangerous extremes-to shut reason out, and to let nothing else in.