The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
Love truth, but pardon error.
I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.
If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
I cannot imagine how the clockwork of the universe can exist without a clockmaker.
Better is the enemy of good.
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
To hold a pen is to be at war.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.
To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid—one must also be polite.
Liberty of thought is the life of the soul.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
Present opportunities are not to be neglected; they rarely visit us twice.
Dare to think for yourself.
Wherever my travels may lead, paradise is where I am.
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.