I am terrified of being bored.

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

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

Letting everyone down would be my greatest unhappiness.

There is nothing new except what has been forgotten.

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?

I had friends. The idea of being forever separated from them and from all their troubles is one of the greatest sorrows that I suffer in dying. Let them at least know that to my latest moment I thought of them.