Let all the laws be clear, uniform, and precise; t — Voltaire

Who has not the spirit of his age, Of his age has all the unhappiness. 12 Letter to Madame du Châtelet We all look for happiness, but without knowing where to find it: like drunkards who look for their house, knowing dimly that they have one. When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion. It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue. ‘The Leningrad Notebooks’ (c .1735–50) in T. Besterman (ed.) Voltaire’s Notebook (2nd ed., 1968) vol. 2, p. 455

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal. Henry Ford Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. Benjamin Franklin The most beautiful words of love are told in silence for a look. Leonardo da Vinci