“Man's sensitivity to little things and insensitivity to the greatest things are marks of a strange disorder.”

“Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.”

“Little things comfort us because little things distress us.”

“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for miseries and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.”

“The greatest and most important thing in the world is founded on weakness. This is a remarkably sure foundation, for nothing is surer than that the people will be weak.”

“Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking reed.”

“Man is neither angel nor brute, and the unfortunate thing is that he who would act the angel acts the brute.”