Voltaire

Ice-cream is exquisite – what a pity it isn’t illegal.

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.

Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a bandage which conceals the faults of those beloved. He has wings, he comes quickly and flies away the same.

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

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance.

The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.

Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

New ideas come into this world somewhat like falling meteors, with a flash and an explosion, and perhaps somebody

The remedy is worse than the disease.

Age is no better, hardly so well, qualified for an instructor as youth, for it has not profited so much as it has lost.

The true poem is the poet’s mind.

There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.

Youth is unduly busy with pampering the outer person.

Every man is a consumer and ought to be a producer.

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.

Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

The self divides into ten billion distinct illuminating spirits. Distinguish these without falling into names and classifications.

Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.