Voltaire

The only way to comprehend what other people are saying is to hear them out.

One always begins by being a dupe, and ends by being a rogue.

It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.

The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost the power of reasoning.

We are all mortals, and the most beautiful women are not immortal.

One must cultivate one's own garden.

The instruction of youth is the business of the government.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

He who is not a good citizen is a bad subject.

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother.

It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no end to the making of books.

The only way to comprehend what other people are saying is to comprehend what other people are saying.

The world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.

We never love heartily but once, and that is the first time.

The very essence of a free government consists in considering all men as equal in the eye of the law.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

It is not enough to conquer; one must know how to make use of the victory.