Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

Theological religion is the source of all imaginable follies and disturbances. It is the parent of fanaticism and civil discord; it is the enemy of mankind.

Excellently observed", answered Candide; "but let us cultivate our garden.

I acknowledge that four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what our soul is.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

You are very harsh.' 'I have seen the world.