Voltaire

Anything that is too stupid to be spoken is sung.

Voltaire

But in this country it is necessary, now and then, to put one admiral to death in order to inspire the others to fight.

Voltaire

But whether he be, or whether he be not, I want bread.

Voltaire

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

Voltaire

Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause.

Voltaire

Consequently they who assert that all is well have said a foolish thing, they should have said all is for the best.

Voltaire

Do well and you will have no need for ancestors.

Voltaire

Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.

Voltaire

Every abuse ought to be reformed, unless the reform is more dangerous than the abuse itself.

Voltaire

Every one goes astray, but the least imprudent are they who repent the soonest.

Voltaire