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.

The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us

Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.

It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.

All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.