"The last act is bloody, however fine the rest of the play."

"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back."

"Our nature is corrupted, and we are full of pride and self-love."

"What a chimera then is man! What a novelty! What a monster, what a chaos, what a contradiction, what a prodigy! Judge of all things, imbecile worm of the earth, depository of truth, a sewer of uncerta…"

"The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him."