"Let us help one another to bear..." - Quote by Voltaire

“I confess that my stomach does not take to this style of cooking. I cannot accept calves sweetbreads swimming in a salty sauce, nor can I eat mince consisting of turkey, hare, and rabbit, which they try to persuade me comes from a single animal... As for the cooks, I really cannot be expected to put up with this ham essence, nor the excessive quantity of morels and other mushrooms, pepper, and nutmeg with which they disguise perfectly good food.”

“Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them”

“He was my equal in beauty, a paragon of grace and charm, sparkling with wit, and burning with love. I adored him to distraction, to the point of idolatry: I loved him as one can never love twice.”

“When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.”

“We have an obligation to help people that cannot help themselves. The mentally retarded, the physically retarded, et cetera.”

“One does nothing who tries to console a despondent person with word. A friend is one who aids with deeds at a critical time when deeds are called for.”

“You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative. '”

“By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities.”

“Man cannot really improve himself without improving others.”