To a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

We are rarely proud when we are alone.