Voltaire

Appreciation is a wonderful thing; it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.

All is for the best in the best of possible worlds.

The best is the enemy of the good.

"I have no more than twenty acres of ground," he replied, "the whole of which I cultivate myself with the help of my children; and our labor keeps off from us the three great evils - boredom, vice, and want."

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

It is not enough to conquer; one must learn to seduce.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

Sir, your remarks are repugnant to me, and I disagree with your viewpoints. But I will defend to the death your right to express them.