Montaigne is wrong in declaring that custom ought to be followed simply because it is custom, and not because it is reasonable or just.

He who cannot believe is cursed, for he reveals by his unbelief that God has not chosen to give him grace.

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

Why God has instituted Prayer:— To communicate to his creatures the dignity of causation.

I take it as a matter not to be disputed, that if all knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world. This seems proved by the quarrels and disputes caused by the disclosures which are occasionally made.

The captain of a ship is not chosen from those of the passengers who comes from the best family.

This is what I see, and what troubles me. I look on all sides, and everywhere I see nothing but obscurity. Nature offers me nothing that is not a matter of doubt and disquiet.