God is merciful to all, as he has been to you; he is first a father, then a judge.

Capricious and unfaithful, the king wished to be called Louis the Just and Louis the Chaste. Posterity will find a difficulty in understanding this character, which history explains only by facts and never by reason.

The friends we have lost do not repose under the ground...they are buried deep in our hearts. It has been thus ordained that they may always accompany us.

In this world, all--men, women, and kings--must live for the present. We can only live for the future for God

Hatred is blind; rage carries you away; and he who pours out vengeance runs the risk of tasting a bitter draught.

A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself.

The wretched and miserable should turn to their Saviour first, yet they do not hope in Him until all other hope is exhausted.