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.

Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

When I was happy I thought I knew men, but it was fated that I should know them in misfortune only.

A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.

If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.