"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

- Voltaire

"The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself."

- Voltaire

"Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day."

- Voltaire

"Don’t think money does everything, or you are going to do everything for money."

- Voltaire

"It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it."

- Voltaire