Courage! I have shown it for years; think you I shall lose it at the moment when my sufferings are to end?

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.

If the people have no bread, let them eat cake.

Tribulation first makes one realize what one is.

I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.

We had a beautiful dream and that was all. The interest of my son is the only guide I have, and whatever happiness I could achieve by being free of this place I cannot consent to separate my self from him. I could not have any pleasure in the world if I abandoned my children. I do not even have any regrets.

No, do not love me, it is better to give me death!