The counsels of old age give light without heat, like the sun in winter.

A man who love only himself and his pleasures is vain, presumptuous, and wicked even from principle.

The maxim that men are not to be praised before their death was invented by envy and too lightly adopted by philosophers.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

Newton, Pascal, Bossuet, Racine, F?nelon -- that is to say, some of the most enlightened men on earth, in the most philosophical of all ages -- have been believers in Jesus Christ; and the great Cond?, when dying, repeated these noble words, "Yes, I shall see God as He is, face to face!".

When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

As it is natural to believe many things without proof, so, despite all proof, is it natural to disbelieve others.