He that boasts of his ancestors confesses that he has no virtue of his own. No person ever lived for our honor; nor ought that to be reputed ours, wh…

- Pierre Charron

It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybo…

- Pierre Charron

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.

- Pierre Charron

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

- Pierre Charron

All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.

- Pierre Charron

Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.

- Pierre Charron

The shortest follies are the best.

- Pierre Charron

Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.

- Pierre Charron

The proper Science and Subject for Man's Contemplation is Man himself. [Fr., La vraie science et le vrai etude de l'homme c'est l'homme.]

- Pierre Charron