Man’s mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth. - Erasmus

How fleeting, how brief, how fragile is the life of a man, and how subject to misfortune, assailed already by a multitude of diseases and accidents, buildings which collapse, shipwrecks, earthquakes, lightning! We do not need to add war to our woes, and yet it causes more woe than all the others.

Peu de gens comprennent l'immense avantage qu'il y a à ne jamais hésiter et à tout oser.

The happiness which Christians seek with so many labours is nothing other than a certain kind of madness and folly