Appreciation is an excellent thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us, as well.
Common sense is not so common.
Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do.
Four thousand volumes of metaphysics will not teach us what the soul is.
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is afraid to laugh.
I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
Love truth but pardon error.
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes the greater is their power to harm us.
To enjoy life we must touch much of it lightly.
We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies – it is the first law of nature.
With great power, comes great responsibility.