Voltaire

"The ear is the avenue to the heart."

"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 cards 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."

"‎Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats."

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

"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)"

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

"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"

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

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

"He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked."

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

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

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

"Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world."

"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."

"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."

"It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets."