Pleasantry is never good on serious points, because it always regards subjects in that point of view in which it is not the purpose to consider them.
Perfect is the enemy of good.
Go get yourself crucified and then rise on the third day.
The happiest of all lives is a busy solitude.
The secret of being a bore... is to tell everything.
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