“ I cherished you inconstant; what would I have done, faithful? Now, even now, when your cruel mouth so calmly speaks my death sentence, I wonder, cold wretch, I wonder still, if I do not love you. ”

“In their opinion, a tragedy with so little plot could not conform with the rules of drama. I enquired whether they were complaining that they had found my play boring. I was told that none of them was bored, that they were often touched by it, and that they would go and see it again with pleasure. What more do they want?”

“I have loved him too much not to hate”

“A tragedy need not have blood and death; it's enough that it all be filled with that majestic sadness that is the pleasure of tragedy.”

“Le ciel s'est fait, sans doute, une joie inhumaine A rassambler sur moi tous les traits de sa haine”

“Quand tu sauras mon crime, et le sort qui m'accable,Je n'en mourrai pas moins, j'en mourrai plus coupable”

“Le nom d'amant peut-être offense son courage;Mais il en a les yeux, s'il n'en a le langage.”