The subject of a good tragedy must not be realistic.
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
He who allows me to rule is in fact my master
He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
Your Christians, whom one persecutes in vain, have something in them that surpasses the human. They lead a life of such innocence,that the heavens owe them some recognition: that they arise the stronger the more they are beaten down is hardly the result of common virtues.