Pierre Corneille

The crime and not the scaffold makes the shame.

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

I'm kind of proud of myself. I've been able to keep a certain grace about me, even in the times of disgrace and craziness.

I am not afraid of the pen, or the scaffold, or the sword. I will tell the truth wherever I please.

The judge said I was a menace to society because I had put crime on a scientific basis.