With a very few exceptions, every word in the French vocabulary comes straight from the Latin.
It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.
There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.
The old interests of aristocracy - the romance of action, the exalted passions of chivalry and war - faded into the background, and their place was taken by the refined and intimate pursuits of peace and civilization.
Englishmen have always loved Moliere.
In the literature of France Moliere occupies the same kind of position as Cervantes in that of Spain, Dante in that of Italy, and Shakespeare in that of England. His glory is more than national - it is universal.