I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death; and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.

I have no intention of sharing my authority.

The interests of the state must come first.

We must define flattery and praise; they are distinct. Trajan was encouraged to virtue by the panegyric Pliny; Tiberius became obstinate in vice from the flattery of his senators.

Now that we have that settled, I want to focus my attention on something else or should I say someone else... That someone else is you.

What if happiness is a choice?

It only takes one voice to give others the chance to see possibilities.

Parisians overwhelmingly buy small cars. And it's not because people are petite, but because fuel is drop-dead expensive. Gasoline costs more than twice as much in Paris as in New York.

The best way to protect your own freedom is to watch everybody else's back. That's the essence of community.

The result of law inviolate is perfection–right–negative happiness. The result of law violate is imperfection, wrong, positive pain.

I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?'

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.

If one man can destroy everything, why can't one girl change it?

There's never any guarantee at war.