The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.
I am the successor, not of Louis XVI, but of Charlemagne.
Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.
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.