Voltaire

There are men who can think no deeper than a fact.

Voltaire

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

Voltaire

There is a wide difference between speaking to deceive, and being silent to be impenetrable.

Voltaire

There is only one morality, as there is only one geometry.

Voltaire

There is some pleasure in having no pleasure.

Voltaire

Thought depends absolutely on the stomach, but in spite of that, those who have the best stomachs are not the best thinkers.

Voltaire

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.

Voltaire

To believe in God is impossible not to believe in Him is absurd.

Voltaire

To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart.

Voltaire

To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.

Voltaire