Every time I fill a vacant office, I make ten malcontents and one ingrate.

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 ?

The soul can only be sustained by the spirit.

Somewhere along the line, "Church" became a weekly event rather than a gathering of people who did life together.

we choose for our selves what's right or wrong... but when we make mistakes we blame someone else(parents)

The Resurrection is at the core of our beliefs as Christians. Without it, our faith is meaningless.

When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!

You either know fashion or you don't.

We weren't raised to take, we were raised to give the shirt off our back to anyone in need.

I can be you hero baby. I can kiss away the pain. I will stand by you forever. You can take my breath away

I have always written about characters who fall somewhere in the spectrum between solitary and totally alienated.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.