The worse the man, the better the soldier.
Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.
People take England on trust, and repeat that Shakespeare is the greatest of all authors. I have read him: there is nothing that compares Racine or Corneille: his plays are unreadable, pitiful.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.
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.