Voltaire

"All the reasoning of men is not worth one sentiment of women."

"To hold a pen is to be at war."

"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it."

"The person who says it is impossible should not interrupt the person doing it."

"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body."

"It is forbidden to forbid thought and discourse."

"The perfect is the enemy of the good."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."

"Common sense is not so common."

"The best is the enemy of the good."

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."

"All is for the best in this best of all possible worlds."

"The pursuit of the perfect ruins the good."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it."

"It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind."

"In this life we are exposed to surprises and upheavals."

"The secret to boring is to say everything."

"Nothing is more important than freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom is power."

"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy."

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

"The more we read, the more we acquire knowledge."

"Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty."

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

"The human brain is like a knife: it wears away with use."

"Almost everything that is great has been done by youth."

"Beware of the words 'I am' and 'must' in life."

"We are rarely proud when we are alone."

"The most important science to know is the science of human nature."