“Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.”

“Vanity is so firmly anchored in man's heart that a soldier, a camp follower, a cook or a porter will boast and expect admirers, and even philosophers want them; those who write against them want to enjoy the prestige of having written well, those who read them want the prestige of having read them, and perhaps I who write this want the same thing.”

“There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition”

“Those who have known God without knowing their own wretchedness have not glorified him but themselves.”

“Those honor nature well, who teach that she can speak on everything.”

“I condemn equally those who choose to praise man, those who choose to condemn him and those who choose to divert themselves, and I can only approve of those who seek with groans.”

“In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.”