More quotes by Voltaire

"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well."
"It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part."
"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge."
"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce."
"L'homme est libre au moment qu'il veut l'être."