It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Whoever serves his country well has no need of ancestors.
We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one.
It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.