The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.
Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.
The more you know, the less sure you are.
What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.
Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent.
The superstitious man is to the rogue what the slave is to the tyrant.