Voltaire

I never was ruined but twice - once when I lost a lawsuit and once when I gained one.

Men argue nature acts.

When it is a question of money everybody is of the same religion.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know less in human beings of whom they know nothing.

Luck is a word devoid of sense nothing can exist without a cause.

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

We never live but we are always in the expectation of living.

A good imitation is the most perfect originality.

History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

The fate of a nation has often depended on the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

If God made us in his image we have certainly returned the compliment.

If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him.

God is a circle whose centre is everywhere and circumference nowhere.

The most beautiful of all emblems is that of God whom Timaeus of Locris describes under the image of "A circle whose centre is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere."

Pleasure is the object duty and the goal of all rational creatures.

If there were no God it would be necessary to invent him.

Shun idleness. It is a rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.

He who thinks himself wise O heavens! is a great fool.