Voltaire

The only way to be happy is to make others happy.

Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.

To succeed in the world, it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who have none.

Ignorance is the mother of superstition.

The most important thing is to never stop questioning.

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

The only true conquests are those made over ignorance.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.

If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?

We must cultivate our garden.

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

Prejudices are what fools use as substitutes for reasoning.

To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them.

He who is not for us is against us.