Each instant of life is a step toward death..

I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be..

All evils are equal when they are extreme..

It is a crime against the State to be powerful enough to commit one..

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a woman's quality..

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?.

Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power..

We triumph without glory when we conquer without danger..

Omnipotence is bought with ceaseless fear..

Oh, how sweet it is to pity the fate of an enemy who can no longer threaten us!.

One doesn't wish to see those to whom one owes so much..

I can be forced to live without happiness, but I will never consent to live without honor..

He who allows himself to be insulted deserves to be..

Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre un vrai monqrque.].

It is the gift of heaven and not of reason..

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

Those who easily forgive invite offenses..

For souls nobly born, valor doesn't await the passing of years.

Rome is no longer in Rome, it is here where I am..

A good memory is needed once we have lied. [Fr., Il faut bonne memoire apres qu'on a menti.].

He should be envied Who when his strength is spent lays down his life. Old age reserves a melancholy fate For noble souls before their life is done..