That we must love one God only is a thing so evident that it does not require miracles to prove it. – Blaise Pascal
Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness… and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him. – Blaise Pascal
It is not good to be too free. It is not good to have everything one wants. – Blaise Pascal
Faith is different from proof the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God. – Blaise Pascal
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly. – George Borrow