"He is lifeless that is faultless...." - Quote by Voltaire

“All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds.”

“The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.”

“Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.”

“I love the fact that I'm bad at [things].”

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I can bear it.”

“It is not worth the while to let our imperfections disturb us always. The conscience really does not, and ought not to monopolizethe whole of our lives, any more than the heart or the head. It is as liable to disease as any other part.”

“Nonsense, seems to sum up everything.”

“The art of life, of a poet's life, is, not having anything to do, to do something.”

“If we live in the Nineteenth Century, why should we not enjoy the advantages which the Nineteenth Century offers? Why should our life be in any respect provincial?”