“Plus l'offenseur m'est cher, plus je ressens l'injure.”

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

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

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

“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?”

“happiness heldis the seedhappiness shared is the flower,happiness seems to be shared”

“J'aime en lui sa beauté, sa grâce tant vantée,Présents dont la nature a voulu l'honorer,Qu'il méprise lui-même, et qu'il semble ignorer.”