Voltaire

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes.

Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.

The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year.

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.