The honor of the conquest is rated by the difficulty.
A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
A hair shirt does not always render those chaste who wear it.
The finest lives in my opinion are the common model, without miracle and without extravagance.
I see this evident, that we willingly accord to piety only the services that flatter our passions.
We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.