Moliere
“And it is best to err, if err one must,
As you have done, upon the side of trust.” [Cleante, 5. 1., Tartuffe]
“For more than forty years I have been speaking prose without knowing it.”
“I will maintain it before the whole world.”
“It is not what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.”
“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”