Occupation: Dramatist Birth: December 22, 1639 Death: April 21, 1699
A noble heart cannot suspect in others the pettiness and malice that it has never felt..
Justice in the extreme is often unjust..
He who laughs on Friday will weep on Sunday..
It is a maxim of old that among themselves all things are common to friends..
Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness..
He who ruleth the raging of the sea, knows also how to check the designs of the ungodly. I submit myself with reverence to His Holy Will. O Abner, I ….
I will die if I lose you, but I will die if I wait longer..
A single word often betrays a great design..
If I could believe that this was said sincerely, I could put up with anything..
The crime of a mother is a heavy burden..
How admirable and beautiful is the simplicity of the Evangelists! They never speak injuriously of the enemies of Jesus Christ, of His judges, nor of ….
Wrinkles on the brow are the imprints of exploits..
When I'm carried away, isn't it clear that my heart contradicts my mouth?.
Without money honor is merely a disease..
He who has far to ride spares his horse..
When will the veil be lifted that casts so black a night over the universe? God of Israel, lift at last the gloom: For how long will you be hidden?.
I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror..
A benefit cited by way of reproach is equivalent to an injury..
Behind a veil, unseen yet present, I was the forceful soul that moved this mighty body..
Often it is fatal to live too long..
He who bridles the fury of the billows knows also to put a stop to the secret plans of the wicked. Submitting with respect to His holy will, I fear G….