Know that the secret of the arts is to correct nature.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Of all religions, Christianity is without a doubt the one that should inspire tolerance most

The only way to see the value of a play is to see it acted.

Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it.

Nothing is more annoying than to be obscurely hanged.