Ah, if I were not king, I should lose my temper.

I am the State. [Fr., L'etat c'est moi.]

One king, one law, one faith.

It is legal because I wish it.

Impatience for victory guarantees defeat

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

Only small minds want always to be right.

The years go by one after the other; time slips past us with out our being aware of it; we grow old like ordinary men and we shall end like them.

Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.

There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.

Has God forgotten everything I've done for him ?

Shifters mate for life. We have one true mate and when we meet, we know immediately. By scent. Instinct. You are mine.

In my brain were stored a thousand pictures.

Looking for consciousness in the brain is like looking inside a radio for the announcer

Move your body.

If America could get along with Russia - and by the way, China and Japan and everyone. If we could get along, it would be a positive thing, not a negative thing.

I've had journalists beg me to please say something negative about my estate.

Robinson had a servant even better than Friday: His name was Crusoe.

How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.

I'd rather have none at all than a grain too much.

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.