I sincerely want peace, not because I lack resources for war, but because I hate bloodshed..

I beg you take courage; the brave soul can mend even disaster..

A great wind is blowing, and that gives you either imagination or a headache..

I cannot live one day without love..

One does not always do the best there is. One does the best one can..

What right can give anyone authority to inflict torture upon a citizen when it is still unknown whether he is innocent or guilty?.

If I may venture to be frank I would say about myself that I was every inch a gentleman..

You should know our mania for building is stronger than ever. It is a diabolical thing. It consumes money and the more you build, the more you want t….

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion..

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30..

You were in a mood to quarrel. Please inform me once the inclination passes..

[On Peter III:] He did not have a bad heart; but a weak man usually has not..

The trouble is that my heart is loath to be without love even for a single hour. ... If you want to keep me forever, then show as much friendship as ….

Any man who doesn't partake in cigar smoking is nothing more than a weak-willed, meandering oaf, and I would never put my lips to those of any creatu….

Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of ….

I like to praise and reward in a loud voice and to scold in a whisper..

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful. Marguerite, Countess of Blessington I praise loudly; I blame softly..

the title of Queen rang sweet to my ears, child though I was. ... This idea of a crown began running in my head then like a tune, and has been runnin….

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his..

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all..

Happiness and unhappiness are in the heart and spirit of each one of us: If you feel unhappy, then place yourself above that and act so that your hap….