Republican despotism is more fertile in acts of tyranny, because everyone has a hand in it.

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains

The fool has one great advantage over a man of sense; he is always satisfied with himself.

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.

Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man.

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory