"The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by epigrams."

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

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

"The instruction we have received, the example we have seen, the books we have read, the conversations we have had, all these make us what we are."

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