Marie Antoinette. Her last words were,"Pardon me sir. I did not mean to do it,"to a man whose foot she stepped on before she was executed by the guillotine

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

Farewell, my children, forever. I go to your Father.

Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.

one's enjoyment is doubled when one can share it with a friend - and where can one find a more affectionate, a more intimate friend than in one's own family?

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

it is the nature of human beings, and especially of the mediocre ones, to wish to change everything. They desire it all the more because they know popularity will accrue rather to those who disturb than to those who maintain order.