"We ought not to be angry at their knowing our faults and despising us; it is but right that they should know us for w…"

"Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly …"

"Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will."

"With reverence be it spoken... The only thing bad is their excuse…"

"People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attract…"

"Mahomet established a religion by putting his enemies to death; Jesus Christ, by commanding his followers to lay down…"

"When I consider the short duration of my life, swallowed up in the eternity before and after, the small space which I…"

"In order to enter into a real knowledge of your condition, consider it in this image: A man was cast by a tempest upo…"

"Thus he had a double thought: the one by which he acted as king, the other by which he recognized his true state, and…"

"Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."