I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.
Common sense is not so common.
Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.
Let us read and let us dance - two amusements that will never do any harm to the world.
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable.
The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.
It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies - it is the first law of nature.
The ear is the avenue to the heart.
The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.