All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.

The sum of a man's problems come from his inability to be alone in a silent room.

All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

Men often take their imagination for their heart; and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted.

It is not permitted to the most equitable of men to be a judge in his own cause.