"Faith indeed tells what the senses do not tell, but not the contrary of what they see. It is above them and not contrary to them."

"It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason."

"A trifle consoles us, for a trifle distresses us."

"Vanity is but the surface."

"Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong."

"The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason."

"We view things not only from different sides, but with different eyes; we have no wish to find them alike."

"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't."

"If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world."

"Evil is easy, and has infinite forms."

"We are only falsehood, duplicity, contradiction; we both conceal and disguise ourselves from ourselves."

"Imagination decides everything."

"If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past and the future."

"The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter."

"Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical."

"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back."

"Man's greatness lies in his power of thought."

"Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science."

"Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience."