Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this. – Blaise Pascal
Happiness is neither without us nor within us. It is in God, both without us and within us. – Blaise Pascal
It is right that what is just should be obeyed. It is necessary that what is strongest should be obeyed. – Blaise Pascal
As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all. – Blaise Pascal