Voltaire

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."

"God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh."

"I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion."

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."(Letter to Étienne Noël Damilaville, May 16, 1767)"

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"S'il n'existait pas Dieu il faudrait l'inventer."(If God did not exist he would have to be invented.)"

"Perfect is the enemy of good."

"Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cars in order to win the game."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster."

"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."

"L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être."

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything."

"It is said that God is always on the side of the big battalions."

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one"

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

"To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid - one must also be polite."