We cannot wish for that we know not.

Opinion is called the queen of the world; it is so, for when reason opposes it, it is condemned to death. It must rise twenty times from its ashes to gradually drive away the usurper.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

We are all guilty of the good we did not do

If the bookseller happens to desire a privilege for his merchandise, whether he is selling Rabelais or the Fathers of the Church, the magistrate grants the privilege without answering for the contents of the book. - Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

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

Those who think are excessively few; and those few do not set themselves to disturb the world.