Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.

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.

Vanity is but the surface.

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

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jesus Christ constitutes the middle course, because in Him we find both God and our misery.