"There are vices which have no hold..." - Quote by Blaise Pascal

“Continued eloquence is wearisome.”

“If a soldier or labourer complain of the hardship of his lot, set him to do nothing.”

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

“The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or bad, may be resolved into the love of ourselves; but the self-love of some men inclines them to please others, and the self-love of others is wholly employed in pleasing themselves. This makes the great distinction between virtue and vice.”

“Moderation is the feebleness and sloth of the soul, whereas ambition is the warmth and activity of it.”

“That roguish and cheerful vice, politeness.”

“The rogue has everywhere the advantage.”

“It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is morally stronger, but that he is intellectually weaker. He is not more virtuous. He is simply more foolish.”

“I never did, or countenanced, in public life, a single act inconsistent with the strictest good faith; having never believed there was one code of morality for a public, and another for a private man.”