We are nothing but by the law.
Friendship is but a name. I love no one.
The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.
Jesus Chris was more than man.
Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of her great actions to Corneille.
It is a mistake, too, to say that the face is the mirror of the soul. The truth is, men are very hard to know, and yet, not to be deceived, we must judge them by their present actions, but for the present only.