"Man is so great that his greatness is known even in his knowing himself to be miserable."

"If our condition were truly happy, we should not need to divert ourselves from thinking about it."

"We are so unhappy that we can only be happy by diversion."

"If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing. Wager, then, without hesitation, that He exists."

"If we submit everything to reason, our religion will have nothing in it mysterious or supernatural."