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

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

Wine is the divine juice of September.

History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction.

It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

The passions are the winds which fill the sails of the vessel; they sink it at times, but without them it would be impossible to make way.

There are no sects in geometry.