Voltaire

The man who leaves money to charity in his will is only giving away what no longer belongs to him.

It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind.

This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it.

Business is the salt of life.

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one on which depends the rest of our days.

The best way to be boring is to leave nothing out.

Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.

The first thing a great person does, is make us realize the insignificance of circumstance.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.

Nothing is worth doing unless the consequences may be serious.

It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Never let formal education get in the way of your learning.

The more you know the less you understand.

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe.

A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.

If your mind isn’t clouded by unnecessary things, this is the best season of your life.

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.

Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.