If Russians knew how to read, they would write me off.

I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.

In my position you have to read when you want to write and to talk when you would like to read.

I praise loudly and I blame softly.

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

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been running a lot in it ever since.