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.
VoltaireTo a toad what is beauty? A female with two lovely pop-eyes, a wide mouth, yellow belly, and green spotted back.
VoltaireIt is with books as with the fires of our grates, everybody borrows a light from his neighbor to kindle his own, which in turn is communicated to others, and each partakes of all.
Voltaire