"Judge of a man by his questions rather than by his answers." - Voltaire

"Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills." - Voltaire

"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire

"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law." - Voltaire

"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd." - Voltaire

"Chance is a word void of sense; nothing can exist without a cause." - Voltaire

"Optimism is the madness of insisting that all is well when we are miserable." - Voltaire

"Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well." - Voltaire

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." - Voltaire

"The secret of being boring is to say everything." - Voltaire