Thus men who are naturally conscious of what they are shun nothing, so much as rest; they would do anything to be disturbed. - Blaise Pascal

All that is made perfect by progress perishes also by progress.

Diversion. Sometimes, when I set to thinking the various activities of men, the dangers and troubles which they face at Court, or in war, giving rise to so many quarrels and passions, daring and often wicked enterprises and so on, I have often said the soul cause of man’s unhappiness is that he does not know how to stay quietly in a room. A man wealthy enough for life’s needs would never leave home to go to sea or besiege some fortress if he knew how to stay at home and enjoy it. (Page 32)

When we see a natural style, we are astonished and delighted; for we expected to see an author, and we find a man.