This dark brightness that falls from the stars.
— Pierre Corneille
Ambition aspires to descend.
Love is a tyrant sparing none.
He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be.
He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.
Do your duty and leave the rest to heaven.
The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
A first impulse was never a crime.
Brave men are brave from the very first.
Peace is produced by war.
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
Just vengeance does not call for punishment.
Those who easily forgive invite offenses.
I have deserved neither so much honor or so much disgrace.
We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger.
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
A liar is always lavish of oaths.
Happiness seems made to be shared.
A Victory without danger is a triumph without glory.
He who forgives readily only invites offense.
Severity is allowable where gentleness has no effect.
Force is legitimate where gentleness avails not.
Danger breeds best on too much confidence.
A good memory is needed after one has lied.
To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
