Pierre Corneille
» Confidence » “Danger breeds best on too much confidence.”
» Danger » “To conquer without danger is to conquer without glory.”
» Danger » “We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.”
» Duty » “Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.”
» Force » “Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.”
» Forgiveness » “Those who easily forgive invite offenses.”
» Giving » “The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.”
» Grief » “One often calms one’s grief by recounting it.”
» Happiness » “Happiness seems made to be shared.”
» Honor » “I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.”
» Joy » “Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.”
» Lies and Lying » “A liar is full of oaths.”
» Love » “Love is a tyrant sparing none.”
» Peace » “Peace is produced by war.”
» Perfection » “We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.”
» Punishment » “It is the crime not the scaffold which is the disgrace.”
» Resolution » “Those who resolve to conquer or die, are rarely conquered.”
» Revenge » “Just vengeance does not call for punishment.”
» Revenge » “Just vengeance does not call for punishment.”
» Risk » “To win without risk is to triumph without glory.”
» Victory » “A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.”
