Danh ngôn của Pierre Corneille (Sứ mệnh: 2)

To win without risk is to triumph without glory.
Every man of courage is a man of his word.
One often calms one's grief by recounting it.
He who does not fear death cares naught for threats.
Peace is produced by war.
Happiness seems made to be shared.
We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.
To die for one's country is such a worthy fate that all compete for so beautiful a death.
A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.
Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!
I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor.
We never taste a perfect joy; our happiest successes are mixed with sadness.
Self-love is the source of all our other loves.
The greater the effort, the greater the glory.