And as it is the most generous souls who have most gratitude, it is those who have most pride, and who are most base and infirm, who most allow themselves to be carried away by anger and hatred.

The entire method consists in the order and arrangement of the things to which the mind's eye must turn so that we can discover some truth.

A person has two passions for love and abhorrence. A big disposition to excessiveness has just a love, because it is more ardent and stronger.

Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.

The principal effect of the passions is that they incite and persuade the mind to will the events for which they prepared the body.

How can you be certain that your whole life is not a dream?

He who hid well, lived well.