It is love; love, the comfort of the human species, the preserver of the universe, the soul of all sentient beings, love, tender love.
VoltaireOptimism," said Cacambo, "What is that?" "Alas!" replied Candide, "It is the obstinacy of maintaining that everything is best when it is worst.
VoltaireThe only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
VoltaireYou see, Mademoiselle, I have experience, I know the world. To pass the time, why don't you ask every passenger to tell you his life's story? And if there is a single one among them who has never cursed his life, who has not often told himself that he was the unhappiest of men, then you may throw me overboard, headfirst!
Voltaire