A born king is a very rare being.

Girls must be thwarted early in life.

At length I recollected the thoughtless saying of a great princess, who, on being informed that the country people had no bread, replied, "Let them eat cake".

Self-love is an instrument useful but dangerous; it often wounds the hand which makes use of it, and seldom does good without doing harm.

Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Love childhood, indulge its sports, its pleasures, its delightful instincts. Who has not sometimes regretted that age when laughter was ever on the lips, and when the heart was ever at peace?

I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.