“Even in those cities which seem to enjoy the blessings of peace, and where the arts florish, the inhabitants are devoured by envy, cares and anxieties, which are greater plagues than any expirienced in a town when it is under siege.”

“Now, now my good man, this is no time to be making enemies."(Voltaire on his deathbed in response to a priest asking him that he renounce Satan.)”

“Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.”

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

“An opportunity fordoing an injury happens a hundred times a day, hut for doing good not once a year," says Zoroaster.”

“Quand celui à qui l'on parle ne comprend pas et celui qui parle ne se comprend pas, c'est de la métaphysiqueWhen he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.”

“It is impossible to imitate Voltaire without being Voltaire.”

“A true god surely cannot have been born of a girl, nor died on the gibbet, nor be eaten in a piece of dough... [or inspired] books, filled with contradictions, madness, and horror.”

“Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.”

“But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.''You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.”

“You are very harsh.''I have seen the world.”