The question of good and evil remains in irremediable chaos for those who seek to fathom it in reality. It is mere mental sport to the disputants, who are captives that play with their chains.

Mortals are equal; their mask differs.

There is no such thing as an accident. What we call by that name is the effect of some cause which we do not see.

The spirit of property doubles a man's strength.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere.