It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.

Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

All the ancient histories, as one of our wits say, are just fables that have been agreed upon

The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.