Voltaire

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

The art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to the other.

The truest philosophy is to do good and to be useful.

The best government is that which governs least.

Optimism is a mania for maintaining that all is well when we are miserable.

The multitude of books is a great evil.

What is toleration? It is the prerogative of humanity. We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon our follies.

The comfort of the rich rests upon the misery of the poor.

The first step, my son, which one takes in the world, is to be a dupe.

The most beautiful of all things is the sun, and the most beautiful of all creations is man.

Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right.

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

The most important thing is not to win, but to fight well.

Man is born to live in convulsions or in a lethargy.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.