Voltaire

"The perfect is the foe of the good."

"To the wicked, everything serves as pretext."

"Money is a good servant but a bad master."

"I would rather obey a fine lion than a hundred rats."

"One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything is fine today, that is our illusion."

"The capacity for rational thought depends on the power of attention."

"The true miracle is not to walk on water. The true miracle is to walk on earth."

"There is no greater monument to human folly than the pyramids of Egypt."

"Do you think that your tedious virtue is going to have a reward in the next world? In the next world? There is no next world."

"The tongue has no bones, but it is strong enough to break hearts. So be careful with your words."

"Sensuality may lead to extraordinary virtue."

"The human mind will never rest satisfied until it arrives at some explanation of the world."

"All the women in the Bible who were great became great because they rebelled."

"The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor."

"It took a long time for mankind to realize that an idea could be attacked with words."

"It is an uncommon stupidity to believe in immortality."

"It is well known that the contemplation of any great thing produces a kind of fear."

"Hold opinions lightly."

"You must cultivate your garden."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"The tyranny of opinion is such that to assert a historical fact was a crime."

"The good is the enemy of the best."

"Everything is exactly as it should be."

"The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are."

"Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue alone that makes the difference."

"Ecrasez l'infâme means we must crush the infamous thing: superstition and intolerance."

"The more things change, the more they stay the same."

"Sin and virtue are a merchant's concern, not a philosopher's."

"Tears are the summer showers to the soul."

"The infinite diversity of mankind forms an incomparable beauty."