I say to myself: "Who are you to measure infinite power?
The French painter Rousseau was once asked why he put a naked woman on a red sofa in the middle of his jungle pictures. He answered, 'I needed a bit of red there.'
Provided a man is not mad, he can be cured of every folly but vanity.
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
A born king is a very rare being.
If all were perfect Christians, individuals would do their duty; the people would be obedient to the laws, the magistrates incorrupt, and there would be neither vanity nor luxury in such a state.