"The longer we dwell on our misfortunes,..." - Quote by Voltaire

“Shakespeare is a drunken savage with some imagination whose plays please only in London and Canada.”

“In this country [England] it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, to encourage the others. The reference is to Admiral John Byng, who was executed in 1757 for failing to prevent the French from taking Minorca.”

“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.”

“for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.”

“No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.”

“When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.”

“The ability to fantasize is the ability to survive, and the ability to fantasize is the ability to grow”

“Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or wherever I may be, I'll always have the same feelings, I'll say what I feel.”

“I hope not to define myself by suffering.”