I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper.

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to be utterly abolished.

God, grant us our desires, and grant them quickly.

You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.