Nature has made us frivolous to console us for our miseries

Martin in particular concluded that man was born to live either in the convulsions of misery, or in the lethargy of boredom.

That which cures all worldly miseries, is called ‘Scientific’ Knowledge.

He who has not the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it.

What is tolerance? It is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly - that is the first law of nature.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies it is the first law of nature.