What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

Once your faith persuades you to believe what your intelligence declares absurd, beware, lest you likewise sacrifice your reason in the conduct of your life.

A witty saying proves nothing, but saying something pointless gets people's attention.

Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

Whenever an important event, a revolution, or a calamity turns to the profit of the church, such is always signalised as the Finger of God.