Once the people begin to reason, all is lost

Optimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.

Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

Truth is a fruit that can only be picked when it is very ripe.

The true triumph of reason is that it enables us to get along with those who do not possess it.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

What will the preachers say? .. to teach men not to persecute men: for, while a few sanctimonious humbugs are burning a few fanatics, the earth opens and swallows up all alike.