Voltaire

The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.

The right of commanding is no longer an advantage transmitted by nature; like an inheritance, it is the fruit of labors, the price of courage.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly.

Men argue; nature acts.

Minds differ still more than faces.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

History is but the record of crimes and misfortunes. L'histoire n'est que le tableau des crimes et des malheurs

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

One feels like crawling on all fours after reading your work.

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.