Great men in teaching weak men to reflect have set them on the road to error.
Servitude degrades people to such a point that they come to like it.
As a house implies a builder, and a garment a weaver, and a door a carpenter, so does the existence of the Universe imply a Creator.
It is unjust to exact that men shall do out of deference to our advice what they have no desire to do for themselves.
He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.
Clearness marks the sincerity of philosophers.