"Those honor nature well, who teach that..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Equality of possessions is no doubt right, but, as men could not make might obey right, they have made right obey might.”

“All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.”

“It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants.”

“How fair doth NatureAppear again!How bright the sunbeams!How smiles the plain!The flow'rs are burstingFrom ev'ry bough,And thousand voicesEach bush yields now.And joy and gladnessFill ev'ry breast!Oh earth!-oh sunlight!Oh rapture blest!Oh love! oh loved one!”

“We saw men haying far off in the meadow, their heads waving like the grass which they cut. In the distance the wind seemed to bend all alike.”

“I am alone again and I want to be so; alone with the pure sky and open sea.”

“The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.”

“Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”

“I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.”