The tyranny of the many would be when one body takes over the rights of others, and then exercises its power to change the laws in its favor.

We are obliged to place ourselves on the level of our age before we can rise above it.

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.

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

It must be confessed that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men than the inventors of syllogisms.

The more you know, the less sure you are.