Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Voltaire
Hope is the foundation of all our happiness.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow.
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
The perfect is the enemy of the good.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Freedom of thought is the basis of all other freedoms.
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.