Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

There is no place in a fanatic's head where reason can enter.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

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.

A true man hates no one.