Voltaire

Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.

Voltaire

Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.

Voltaire

Men argue. Nature acts.

Voltaire

Men employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Voltaire

Men use thought only to justify their wrongdoings, and speech only to conceal their thoughts.

Voltaire

One should always aim at being interesting, rather than exact.

Voltaire

Perfect is the enemy of good.

Voltaire

Pleasure has its time; so too, has wisdom. Make love in thy youth, and in old age attend to thy salvation.

Voltaire

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

Voltaire

Self love is like that instrument by which we propagate the species: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and it must be hidden.

Voltaire