Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

Fashion exists for women with no taste, etiquette for people with no breeding.

Power is a companion it is not easy to part with, when it goes, the zest of life goes with it. With dry eyes and clenched fist, one stares after it, jealous of the next one it will single out.

in much knowledge there is also much grief.

I am said to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. About that, of course, I cannot judge because I cannot know. But about the other queens, I know. I am the most beautiful queen in Europe.

My love for my country is my religion.

We who are placed above the crowd are not climbing ... so we are never out of breath.