Voltaire

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.

Voltaire

Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value – zero.

Voltaire

Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts.

Voltaire

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Voltaire

Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.

Voltaire

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.

Voltaire

Reading nurtures the soul, and an enlightened friend brings it solace.

Voltaire

Religion began when the first scoundrel met the first fool.

Voltaire

Religion may be purified. This great work was begun two hundred years ago: but men can only bear light to come in upon them by degrees.

Voltaire

Shun idleness. It is rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

Voltaire