Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It’s the little pocket pamphlets that are to be feared.

Time is man's most precious asset. All men neglect it; all regret the loss of it; nothing can be done without it.

God prefers bad verses recited with a pure heart to the finest verses chanted by the wicked.

Men fed upon carnage, and drinking strong drinks, have all an impoisoned and acrid blood which drives them mad in a hundred different ways.

But for what purpose was the earth formed?" asked Candide. "To drive us mad," replied Martin.

If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace

He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.